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A hobbyist accidentally reaches live feeds from 7,000 vacuums

development2026-02-23

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A developer used an AI coding assistant to reverse-engineer his own robot vacuum and accidentally accessed live feeds from 7,000 vacuums across 24 countries.

Reported metric: 7,000 devices

Reporting date: 2026-02-23 (not necessarily the event date)

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A hobbyist accidentally reaches live feeds from 7,000 vacuums
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-02-23
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-02-23-vacuum-fleet-exposed-by-a-hobbyist
Claim: A developer used an AI coding assistant to reverse-engineer his own robot vacuum and accidentally accessed live feeds from 7,000 vacuums across 24 countries.
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- Welcome to February 23, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-february-23-2026
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