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The accidental hacker who gained control of 7,000 robot vacuums
Using Claude Code to build a controller for his own DJI vacuum exposed access to thousands of others.
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Sammy Azdoufal wanted to drive his DJI Romo robot vacuum with a PS5 controller, just for fun, and used an AI coding assistant to build the controller software. In doing so he found he could see data from, and control, around 7,000 other people's robot vacuums worldwide. He reported it to The Verge rather than exploiting it. The Guardian's explainer looks at what it means when a hobby project stumbles into a security hole of that size.
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From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Lemmy: The accidental hacker: how one man gained control of 7,000 robotsPublished
The Guardian's explainer on the accidental discovery and its implications.
- Hacker News: User gains control of over 6,700 DJI robot vacuums with help from Claude Code
- Lemmy: Guy accidentally takes command of 7,000 robots in the homes of 7,000 strangers while tryinPublished
- YouTube: A guy in Spain used Claude Code to hack his DJI robot vacuum so he could drive it with an Video channel: Kyle Balmer | AI with KylePublished
- YouTube: He Wanted to Steer a Robot Vacuum. His App Reached 7,000 #shortsVideo channel: Aistrikeforce CEOPublished