An Ethical Hacker Exposed a Critical Flaw in Japan's Hotel Robots interestingengineering.com

A complaint almost no one would expect to make is that they were being spied on by robots belonging to the hotel.
Yet, after an ethical hacker, Lance R. Vick, recently told Japan’s famous Henn na Hotel that its robots could be used to do just that, the hotel had to pull its bots to be reprogramed.
AdvertisementRELATED: JAPANESE HOTEL FIRES ROBOT STAFF AFTER THEY ANNOY HUMAN STAFF AND GUESTSAdvertisementSpy botsAccording to the Tokyo Reporter, the hotel chain — known for its dinosaur robots and robot staff "layoffs" — was contacted in July by security engineer Lance R. Vick.
AdvertisementAs is the accepted norm with ethical hacking, Vick gave the hotel 90 days to respond and fix the issue.
pic.twitter.com/m2z6yLbrzq — Lance R. Vick (@lrvick) October 12, 2019A belated apologyAs Fast Company points out, the hotel chain released an apologetic statement (in Japanese) after Vick's tweet.