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Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums
AI Incident DB Blogยท28 days ago

A software engineer accidentally gained unauthorized access to 7,000 robot vacuums while developing a custom controller app, inadvertently creating a massive surveillance breach that allowed him to peer into thousands of homes. This incident highlights critical security vulnerabilities in IoT devices and the potential for widespread privacy violations through connected home appliances.
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