Pepper the annoying robot infected with ransomware in proof-of-concept attack

www.V3.co.uk – Pepper, an annoyingly chirpy robot, has been infected by malware in proof of concept by security company IOActive. In a paper entitled “Robots Want Bitcoins Too!”, shows how robots like Pepper and NAO, both commercially available and both made by Softbank, can be compromised by malware – even ransomware.