RegistryTMR-0148
Hackers remotely took control of Ecovacs Deebot X2 robot vacuums in multiple US cities, using their speakers to yell racial slurs at owners and their cameras to surveil homes.
- Date of incident
- 2024-05-24
- Location
- Multiple US cities (including Minnesota, Los Angeles CA, El Paso TX), USA
- Model
- Deebot X2
- Sources
- 2
EscalationFollow-up
How the event developed
- 2024-10-10Report
Hackers remotely took control of Ecovacs Deebot X2 robot vacuums in multiple US cities, using their speakers to yell racial slurs at owners and their cameras to surveil homes.
abc.net.au - 2025-01-20Follow-up
A man's Ecovacs robot vacuum was hacked and used to hurl racial slurs at him in his home in the United States.
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- abc.net.auHackers remotely took control of Ecovacs Deebot X2 robot vacuums in multiple US cities, using their speakers to yell racial slurs at owners and their cameras to surveil homes.2024-10-10tier 2
- oecd.aiA man's Ecovacs robot vacuum was hacked and used to hurl racial slurs at him in his home in the United States.2025-01-20tier 2
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