Hacked 7,000 Robot Vacuums by Mistake

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Engineer Sammy Azdoufal wanted to connect his robot vacuum cleaner to his PlayStation for fun. But it wasn't just his own that responded. Suddenly, he could remotely control 7,000 vacuum cleaners – all over the world.

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Engineer Sammy Azdoufal was going to hack into his robot vacuum cleaner to change the controls. He then accidentally gained access to nearly 7,000 vacuum cleaners – and their cameras. Now he has been rewarded by the manufacturer DJI, whose robot vacuum cleaners are sold in Sweden

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Sammy Azdoufal accidentally discovered that he could peek into strangers' homes via DJI Romo robot vacuums.