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Hackers take control of robot vacuums in multiple cities, yell racial slurs - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)
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The original was posted on /r/singularity by /u/torb on 2024-10-15 16:56:40+00:00.

I just thought this was slightly interesting, not the robot uprising I was expecting. A cyber attack has exposed major security flaws in Ecovacs Deebot X2 robot vacuums, allowing hackers to hijack the devices in multiple cities. vacuums spewed racist slurs and even spied on their homes through built-in cameras.

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