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A security flaw that exposed thousands of DJI Romo robot vacuums to unauthorized access has been unintentionally revealed after a tinkerer built an app to control their own device with a PlayStation controller. According to The Verge , this problem allowed the app to retrieve accurate floor plans, access live camera and microphone feeds, and even let it remotely control the affected devices.
This was accidentally discovered by AI strategist Sammy Adoufal, who used Claude Code to reverse engineer the protocol used by the DJI Romo to communicate with its servers. But instead of just letting him access his own device, it instead handed over the keys to around 6,700 robot vacuums located across the world. Azdoufal said that he didn’t hack into DJI systems — all that he did was to get the private token of his own Romo vacuum. “I didn’t infringe any rules, I didn’t bypass, I didn’t crack, brute force, whatever,” he said to The Verge . Because of this, he was able to access live servers across the world, including the U.S., Europe, and even China.
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/user-accidentally-gains-control-of-over-6-700-robot-vacuums-while-tinkering-with-their-own-device-to-enable-control-with-a-playstation-controller-security-flaw-reveals-floor-plans-and-live-video-feeds#main
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