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Hackers took over robovacs to chase pets and yell slurs

A picture of the Deebot X2 Omni.
The Deebot X2 Omni. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

Someone gained access to Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni robotic vacuums across several US cities earlier this year and used them to chase pets and yell racist slurs at their owners, reported ABC News in Australia this week.

The outlet spoke with multiple Deebot X2 owners who say their Deebot X2s had been hacked in May, including Minnesota lawyer Daniel Swenson, who said he was watching TV with his family when a noise “like a broken-up radio signal or something” started coming from the robot’s speaker. He said after he reset his password and rebooted the robot, it began again, only this time the sound was clearly a voice — he guessed a teenager’s — yelling slurs.

ABC News lists other, similar accounts from owners in El Paso and Los Angeles, the…

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