Engineer receives $30,000 for exposing a vulnerability affecting 7,000 robot vacuum cleaners — tinkerer just wanted to drive his robot vacuum with a PS5 controller

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A software engineer gets access to 7,000 DJI Romo robot vacuum cleaners while tinkering with an idea to use a gamepad to control his robotic hoover. Gets $30,000 from DJI for an undisclosed discovery.