Here is Yarbo’s promise to fix the robot mower that ran me over
Yesterday, I told you how a hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower. We explained how thousands of these bladed Chinese robots, made by Yarbo, could be hijacked with ease — exposing people’s GPS coordinates, Wi-Fi passwords, email addresses, and more to any casual hacker who comes along.
Today, Yarbo has issued a thorough 1,200-word response that you can read in full below. The company is confirming the security researcher’s findings, apologizing, and providing a detailed plan to tackle many of its self-created security issues head-on. Yarbo writes that it’s already temporarily cut off remote access and is addressing many of its most head-smacking issues, like how root passwords were the same for every single robot and were left in easy places for hackers to find.
“In the future, each device will use its own independent credentials to prevent one affected device from impacting the entire fleet,”...
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