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

A DJI Romo vacuum owner wanted to connect his device to a PS5 controller. He ended up revealing a huge security flaw.

Smart home devices promise convenience, but the recent DJI robot vacuum hack exposes just how vulnerable these gadgets can be. In an unexpected turn of events, a hobbyist programmer connected a ...

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

You probably didn’t know that DJI made a robot vacuum, and they might be wishing they didn’t. DJI’s Romo robot vacuum had pretty terrible security. How bad? A guy was able to remotely access thousands ...

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 ...

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Reports confirmed that DJI has officially compensated software engineer Sammy Azdoufal for discovering a catastrophic backend ...

Software engineer Sammy Azdoufal only wanted to connect his DJI robot vacuum cleaner to a PlayStation 5 controller.

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 ...

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 ...