{"id":242214,"date":"2026-05-09T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/hackable-robot-lawn-mower-unlocks-a-new-nightmare\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T06:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:35:10","slug":"hackable-robot-lawn-mower-unlocks-a-new-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/hackable-robot-lawn-mower-unlocks-a-new-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/security-news-this-week-hackable-robot-lawnmower-unlocks-a-new-nightmare\/\">Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/security-news-this-week-hackable-robot-lawnmower-unlocks-a-new-nightmare\/\">https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/security-news-this-week-hackable-robot-lawnmower-unlocks-a-new-nightmare\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-09 06:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wired.com\">www.wired.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"lead-in-text-callout\">Cramming for finals<\/span> is bad enough without the platform you use to do your schoolwork suddenly shutting down. Unfortunately for countless students across the US, that\u2019s exactly what they faced on Thursday after Canvas went into \u201cmaintenance mode\u201d following a ransomware attack on education tech firm Instructure. Hackers using the name ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach, and experts say the chaos they caused shows how far these actors will go to extort their victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Did you know that Google Chrome includes an automatic download of the Gemini Nano AI model? If not, you wouldn\u2019t be alone. People who use Google\u2019s wildly popular browser realized this week that Gemini Nano has been taking up 4 GB of space on their desktops since 2024, sparking annoyance and concerns over privacy. Fortunately, you can disable the AI model\u2014but not without losing some helpful security features. Obviously, you can also just download a different browser for free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Researchers this week revealed that thousands of vibe coded apps were left exposed on the open internet, revealing sensitive corporate and personal data. The security failings are a reminder: Just because you can vibe code something doesn\u2019t necessarily mean you should.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The Department of Homeland Security subpoenaed Google in an attempt to obtain the location data and account activity of a Canadian man who criticized US immigration enforcement tactics following the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis early this year. The American Civil Liberties Union this week filed a complaint against DHS on behalf of the man, who has not visited the US in more than 10 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Scammers, low-level hackers, and other cybercriminals have joined the ranks of humanity yearning to be free of AI slop, according to new research. Meta, meanwhile, is sprucing up its age-verification tech after a study found that kids are tricking online age checks using simple techniques\u2014including one child hero who circumvented&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/security-news-this-week-hackable-robot-lawnmower-unlocks-a-new-nightmare\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/security-news-this-week-hackable-robot-lawnmower-unlocks-a-new-nightmare\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-09 06:30:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/69fe6f189caafa670d32bc82\/191:100\/w_1280,c_limit\/security_mower_GettyImages-1454488331.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[26,30],"class_list":["post-242214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-ai","tag-breach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242216,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242214\/revisions\/242216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}