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A browser bug was enough to hack an Amazon Echo

A browser bug was enough to hack an Amazon Echo

TechCrunch Industry News · TechCrunch

November 12, 20192m 43s

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Two security researchers have been crowned the top hackers in this year’s Pwn2Own hacking contest after developing and testing several high profile exploits, including an attack against an Amazon Echo. Amat Cama and Richard Zhu, who make up Team Fluoroacetate, scored $60,000 in bug bounties for their integer overflow exploit against the latest Amazon Echo Show 5, an Alexa-powered smart display.

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