Robot vacuums in multiple US cities were hacked in the space of a few days, with the attacker physically controlling them and yelling obscenities through their onboard speakers.

The affected robots were all Chinese-made Ecovacs Deebot X2s —…

Robot vacuum owners in multiple US cities have reported their devices being hacked. Strangers are accessing live camera feeds and remote control features, yelling slurs through the onboard speakers. Some robots went rogue, chasing dogs arou…

Ecovacs’s robot vacuums are apparently quite easy to hack. The Chinese company has a long history of security breaches that allow nefarious folks with ill intent to do whatever they want with the lil’ suckers, like spying on its owners with…

It’s a tale as old as… well, the Internet of Things era. Robot vacuums made by Ecovacs have been reported roving around people’s homes, yelling profanities at them through the onboard speakers after the company’s software was found to be vu…

The robots appear to be turning on us, although not in the post-apocalyptic way we’ve long imagined.

Robot vacuum owners in multiple U.S. cities have reported their cleaning machines have been hacked, with one man reporting that his vacuum …

TL;DR

• Multiple ECOVACS Deebot X2 robot vacuums were reportedly hacked in cities across the US.
• It’s claimed that the hacked robots did everything from yelling slurs at owners to chasing pets.
• Security researchers had notified the company t…

Hacked robot vacuum machines began spouting obscenities and slurs this week after an exploit allowed hackers to take remote control of them.

Through the Ecovacs app, he saw that a stranger was accessing its live camera feed and remote cont…

Someone gained access to Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni robotic vacuums across several US cities earlier this year and used them to chase pets and yell racist slurs at their owners, reported ABC News in Australia this week.

The outlet spoke with mu…

One of the handiest functions of smart home devices is the ability to check in on them remotely when you’re not at home. But remote access can create a significant security vulnerability, as demonstrated by a recent spate of hacks of a popu…

In a bizarre and disturbing series of events, robot vacuums manufactured by Chinese company Ecovacs have been hacked across multiple US cities, with the devices spewing racial slurs at their owners.

The affected vacuums, specifically the De…

Hackers took control of robot vacuums across the US earlier this year, allegedly making them shout racist obscenities in their owners' homes. 

Daniel Swenson, a lawyer based in Minnesota, tells Australia's ABC News that his cleaning robot c…

A threat actor has hacked robot vacuums in US households, causing them to torment household pets and shout racial slurs.

According to an ABC report, the hacker took remote control of several Ecovacs Deebot X2s before using its live camera f…

Cyberattacks have evolved over the years, and they get more and more dangerous. Hackers find new ways to disrupt the lives of citizens. A recent example of the same has surfaced on the internet in which robot vacuums were hacked and made to…

Robot vacuums manufactured by Ecovacs have gone rogue, with some customers reporting the tiny tech tools chased them around their homes and barraged them with profanities after being hacked.

Minnesota lawyer Daniel Swenson is one of those p…

Hackers were able to gain control of camera-equipped robot vacuums around the United States — and at least one of them forced the cleaning robots to yell racist obscenities.

As ABC Australia reports, owners of Ecovacs' Deebot X2 robot vacuu…

These vacuums had no filter.

U.S. homeowners were shocked when their Chinese-made robot vacuums were hijacked and rewired to bombard them with racial slurs.

The racist hack attack affected Ecovacs Deebot X2s — a brand that’s manufactured in…