- cross-posted to:
- nottheonion@lemmy.ml
- worldnews@aussie.zone
- privacy@programming.dev
Robot vacuums in multiple US cities were hacked in the space of a few days, with the attacker physically controlling them and yelling obscenities through their onboard speakers.
In a weird way, this is possibly the best thing the hackers could have done after gaining access.
Having your robot vacuum start yelling about hating black people gets media attention in the way an announcement at a security conference just doesn’t.
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