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Hacker found dead days before he was to demonstrate how to hack a pacemaker
Daily Mail UK ^ | 07/26/2013 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 07/26/2013 10:13:41 AM PDT by DFG

A computer hacker who gained cult status across the internet after revealing how to hack cash machines has been found a week before he was due to demonstrate how to kill someone by hacking their pacemaker.

The body of Barnaby Jack was found in San Francisco yesterday. The city's medical examiner's office would not give any further details.

Jack, a security expert, became one of the most famous hackers on the planet after a 2010 demonstration in which he forced ATMs to spit out cash, dubbed 'Jackpotting'.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barnaby; barnabyjack; hacker; hackerkilled; hackpacemaker; pacemaker; sf
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1 posted on 07/26/2013 10:13:41 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Drone strike..


2 posted on 07/26/2013 10:15:10 AM PDT by Shady (Creed of the PC Police: You're guilty when we say you are...)
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To: DFG

Was he under the dome?


3 posted on 07/26/2013 10:17:48 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: bigbob

Was he over Macho Grande?


4 posted on 07/26/2013 10:18:40 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (21st century. I'm not a fan.)
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To: DFG

He forgot he had a pacemaker???


5 posted on 07/26/2013 10:18:57 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I don’t think he ever got over Macho Grande.


6 posted on 07/26/2013 10:19:27 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: DFG

Have to wonder if he knew Snowden?


7 posted on 07/26/2013 10:19:49 AM PDT by MeganC (A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll never need one again.)
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To: MeganC; DFG

Had he done any work with cars?


8 posted on 07/26/2013 10:23:36 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then)
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To: DFG
Barnaby Jack hacks diabetes insulin pump

Pacemaker hack can deliver deadly 830-volt jolt

This guy had talent.

9 posted on 07/26/2013 10:25:20 AM PDT by Rio
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To: DFG

Not a word about the circumstances leading to his death. Was he found in his Hotel room? Did he drive a BMW? No details at all. Makes you wonder.


10 posted on 07/26/2013 10:27:46 AM PDT by Spitzensparkin1 (Arrest and deport all illegal aliens. Americans demand those jobs back! Hoorah, Arizona!)
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To: hoosiermama

I wonder if he could hack a Mercedes speeding southbound toward LAX at 4:30am.


11 posted on 07/26/2013 10:27:52 AM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: DFG

Did he have a Pacemaker?


12 posted on 07/26/2013 10:28:30 AM PDT by 0.E.O
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To: DFG

It was a hit. I’ll bet money on it.


13 posted on 07/26/2013 10:29:46 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: DFG

Geeze, who’s pacemaker was he going to hack.


14 posted on 07/26/2013 10:30:53 AM PDT by sunny48
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To: DFG

The police state demonstrates how to kill a hacker.


15 posted on 07/26/2013 10:30:56 AM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: LyinLibs
I wonder if he could hack a Mercedes speeding southbound toward LAX at 4:30am.

You think the NSA (or others) are tying up loose ends?

16 posted on 07/26/2013 10:31:07 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: DFG

What a boon to Obamacare death panels... pacemakers with an expiration date. If you are too old and outlived your statistical usefulness to society they shut off your pacemaker.


17 posted on 07/26/2013 10:34:06 AM PDT by The Great RJ (construction)
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To: DFG

Let’s hope that all of his ilk have the same happy ending.


18 posted on 07/26/2013 10:34:15 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
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To: PATRIOT1876

I totally agree he had it coming


19 posted on 07/26/2013 10:36:44 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: PoloSec

They’re perfecting the craft.

It’s only a matter of time before those of us who use PKI, SSL, private email, and TOR are subjected to the same things.

It’s about control. It’s always about control.


20 posted on 07/26/2013 10:36:58 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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