Top hacker dies days before scheduled Black Hat Convention talk: "Hacking Humans"

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Top hacker dies days before scheduled Black Hat Convention talk: "Hacking Humans"

Posted By: CrystalRiver
Date: Wednesday, 31-Jul-2013 13:05:12

Top hacker dies days before scheduled Black Hat Convention talk: "Hacking Humans" 2013 07 29 From: SCMP US hacker dies a week before he was to reveal ’pacemaker flaw’ A prominent hacker who discovered a way to have automatic teller machines spit out cash and was set to deliver a talk about hacking pacemakers and other wireless implantable medical devices has died in San Francisco. Barnaby Jack died at his home in San Francisco Thursday, although the cause of death is still under investigation, San Francisco deputy coroner Kris Barbrich said. Jack, who was in his mid-30s, was scheduled to speak on Wednesday at a security conference in Las Vegas. The headline of his talk was, "Implantable Medical Devices: Hacking Humans," according to a synopsis on the Black Hat conference website. Jack had planned to demonstrate his techniques to hack into pacemakers and implanted defibrillators. He said last week that he could kill a man from nine metres away by attacking an implanted heart device. More at this link: http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=26228 http://www.blackhat.com/us-13/briefings.html Many Blessings, CrystalRiver