Pepper robot discovered to have security vulnerabilities
SoftBank's Pepper robot is vulnerable to significant security issues, notably unauthenticated administrative capabilities , according to researchers . Alberto Giaretta of Sw eden's Örebro University and M ichele De Donno and Nicola Dragoni of the Technical University of Denmark found that the Pepper anthropomorphic robot suffered from significant security vulnerabilities, including allowing for unauthenticated root-level access, having a default root password, being susceptible to brute-force attack as it did not have any protections against unlimited password attempts . The researchers alleged that SoftBank Robotics ' extensively neglected any sort of security assessments before commerciali z ing their product' , and that it would be 'a breeze to remotely turn [Pepper] into a 'cyber and physical weapon', exposing malicious behaviours'. System 🤖 Pepper robot Developer: Softbank Robotics Country: Japan Sector: Technology Purpose: Interact with humans Technology: Robotics Issue: Security; Safety
- Date it happened
- 2018-05-01
- Organisation involved
- Softbank Robotics
- Product, system or model
- Pepper
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