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DJI Pays $30K Bug Bounty After Researcher Hacks 7,000 Robot Vacuums

S3 · 03/07
2026 · DJI

Record

CompanyDJI
Categorydrones evtol
Typecyber
Date03/07
2026
Time of daynot documented
Locationno physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record)
SeverityS3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scale-
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceThe Tech Buzz

What happened

A security researcher found an exploit granting unauthorized access to roughly 7,000 DJI-linked robot vacuums with in-home cameras; DJI paid a $30,000 bug bounty after disclosure.

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