When an AI Robot Gets Hacked, the Danger Steps Off the Screen
Today, if someone steals your email, you lose data. If they steal your social accounts, they can hurt your reputation or cost you money. But if they hack a robot, the risk becomes physical. Stay until the end, because what happened with Unitree robots concerns everyone.
Here in the United States, robots are changing the rules. We’re no longer talking about computers or phones. We’re talking about machines that move, react, and touch.
The Chinese company Unitree, known for its dog-like and humanoid robots, had a major issue. Researchers discovered a Bluetooth flaw that let hackers take full control of the robot. All it took was encrypting the word “unitree” with a public key, and the machine would obey. It could walk, collect data, even spread the infection to other robots nearby via Bluetooth.
The bug was later fixed, but models like Go2, B2, and G1 were already exposed. Some were even being used by companies and police in the U.K. A patrolling robot controlled remotely — that alone should make us think.
And who’s responsible? Not the manufacturer. Not the owner. But whoever gets in and causes harm. Sometimes even pretending to be “hacked” becomes part of the cover-up.
At the Seoul conference, experts said it clearly: “Robots are only safe if secure.” Robots are still software that acts in the physical world. And every software can eventually be breached.
That’s the reality. Not a future risk. A present one. And the time to secure these machines is now.
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