Friday, 24 March, 2023

Report says, even Industrial level robots can be hacked

<p>Robots are often connected to a network and run via software. Undetected vulnerabilities can be used by hackers to hide malicious code, steal info etc. Infosec researchers found such flaws in robots made by ABB Ltd. &ndash; the world&rsquo;s largest bot maker. It used the &lsquo;Robot Operating System Industrial&rsquo;. Ros-I&rsquo;s software component would have allowed the attacker to steal sensitive data and control the robot&rsquo;s movements. The vulnerabilities have been fixed by ABB and Ros consortium.</p>