25-08-2026 10:12 via techradar.com

Amazon security engineer hacks PC accessories with Claude Opus to make them work better — Asus, Insta360 and Elgato products reverse engineered in hours for 'better control', but engineer admits this also 'scares me'

A security engineer at Amazon hacked a bunch of peripherals using AIClaude Opus did most of the legwork in applying modified firmware to a webcam, microphone and moreThe relative ease with which AI allows this kind of modification points to a worrying future of peripherals being compromised on a grander scaleIn another example of how AI could prove to be a threat to our devices, an Amazon security engineer has demonstrated how powerful Claude Opus is when it comes to reverse engineering PC perip
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