A hobbyist accidentally hacked 7,000 DJI robot vacuums using a PlayStation controller, revealing major flaws in smart home ...

Sammy Azdoufal, a Spain-based programmer, received US$30,000 from Chinese tech firm DJI after discovering vulnerabilities that allowed him to remotely access and control about 7,000 of its robot ...

When Sammy Azdoufal found he had access to data from robot vacuum cleaners around the world, he told a tech publication. But the implications could be mind-boggling ...

A software engineer gets access to 7,000 DJI Romo robot vacuum cleaners while tinkering with an idea to use a PS5 controller to control his robotic vacuum.

A software engineer’s earnest effort to steer his new DJI robot vacuum with a video game controller inadvertently granted him ...

Then the internet erupted over an entirely different DJI device: The Romo robot vacuum. Thousands of Romo vacuums and their live cameras worldwide were reportedly hacked — and not by an evil ...

A French programmer unwittingly gained remote access to 7,000 robot vacuums when he tried to move his own cleaner around with ...

Azdoufal uncovered a major DJI Romo robot vacuum vulnerability, accessing 7,000 devices across 24 countries. DJI has now resolved the issue.

Software engineers inadvertently gained control of 7,000 DJI robotic vacuum cleaners globally, exposing a security vulnerability in the smart home device.

First came the nanny cams and home assistants, then came the security doorbells, now it's the age of the hacked vacuums. First reported by ABC News Australia, owners of robot vacuums across multiple U ...

Sammy Azdoufal, a software engineer specialising in AI strategy, purchased a new DJI Romo – the company's first robot vacuum cleaner – and decided to tinker with it by connecting it to his PS5 ...