ARTICLE | March 12, 2018

Researchers: Robots Vulnerable to Ransomware

Robotics Business Review – Robotics developers already concerned about security vulnerabilities have another thing to worry about — robot ransomware. Researchers from IOActive today showed a proof-of-concept ransomware attack on two popular service robots — Pepper and NAO — from SoftBank Robotics. They demonstrated the attack at the 2018 Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit in Cancun, Mexico.

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