Security News > 2017 > October > Researchers turn LG’s Hom-Bot vacuum cleaner into a real-time spying device

Check Point researchers have discovered a vulnerability in LG’s smart home infrastructure that could have allowed hackers to take over the legitimate user’s account and, through it, take remote control of all the LG SmartThinQ home appliances. These appliances include dishwashers, refrigerators, microwaves, dryers, and robotic vacuum cleaners. The dangers of certain devices being switched on or off while nobody is at home are obvious, but the researchers decided to show how an attacker could … More →

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