As insane as it may sound, research has shown that robots serving customers in various stores around the world can act in a "criminal" way. In case, Pepper robots can be hacked to display pornography on your tablet while talking to a customer. Worse? To conclude the session of nothing puritanical images and audios that echo through the store, the robot still requires an amount of Bitcoin. IOActive's research team, led by Lucas Apa and Cesar Cerrudo, developed ransomware that could compromise SoftBank Robotics' NAO robots, according to Motherboard. According to research, the main ones affected by this type of ransomware are the stores that use robots for customer service. But even so, the researchers believe that a small portion of customers may be scared to the point of paying the robot some money to end the shame session. Read the full article