Engineer Gains Control of 7,000 DJI Vacuums Globally

Spanish engineer Sammy Azdoufal recently discovered that reverse-engineering his DJI Romo vacuum inadvertently gave him control of roughly 7,000 devices across 24 countries, The Verge reported. The flaw allowed access to live cameras, microphones, maps and IP tracking; DJI confirmed the vulnerability was fixed and said further network fixes are forthcoming. The incident highlights IoT privacy and security risks for consumer robotics.