Security News > 2024 > January > Haier hits Home Assistant plugin dev with takedown notice
Appliances giant Haier issued a takedown notice to a software developer for creating Home Assistant integration plugins for the company's home appliances and releasing them on GitHub.
Haier is a multinational home appliances and consumer electronics corporation selling a wide range of products under the brands General Electric Appliances, Hotpoint, Hoover, Fisher & Paykel, and Candy.
Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform enabling users to control and automate their smart home devices from a centralized interface.
The plugins offered in the GitHub repositories enable users to control Haier, Candy, and Hoover air conditioners, purifiers, dishwashers, induction hobs, ovens, fridges, washing machines, and dryers through Home Assistant.
"We are writing to inform you that we have discovered two Home Assistant integration plug-ins developed by you that are in violation of our terms of service," reads the notice from Haier Europe Security and Governance Department.
At this time, the Haier home assistant plugins have been forked 228 times, many occurring since the news of the legal threats.