Sammy Azdoufal says he accidentally hacked thousands of DJI Romo vacuums while trying to connect it to his PlayStation control.

A software engineer’s earnest effort to steer his new DJI robot vacuum with a video game controller inadvertently granted him ...

Sammy Azdoufal, a Spain-based programmer, received US$30,000 from Chinese tech firm DJI after discovering vulnerabilities that allowed him to remotely access and control about 7,000 of its robot ...

Drone maker DJI will pay $30,000 to a researcher who discovered major security flaws in its robot vacuums. The vulnerabilities allowed remote access to thousands of devices, raising privacy concerns.

Reports confirmed that DJI has officially compensated software engineer Sammy Azdoufal for discovering a catastrophic backend vulnerability in the DJI Romo robot vacuum.

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DJI will pay Azdoufal $30,000 for one single discovery, according to an email he shared with The Verge, without specifying ...

A security researcher discovered a major vulnerability in DJI’s first-ever robot vacuum, the Romo, that allowed him to remotely access thousands of units — including their live camera feeds and rough ...

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One DJI Romo vacuum owner tried to code an app to control his vacuum with a PS5 controller. Insufficient authentication meant that he was able to access data streams from the entire fleet of DJI ...