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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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To: DFG

Add Jack to the ever growing list that includes Breitbart, Hastings and probably that young software guy.


41 posted on 07/26/2013 11:18:51 AM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: Marcella

And even if he did, he should be arrested and tried in court, not assassinated.


42 posted on 07/26/2013 11:32:26 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: DFG

The NSA hates competition.


43 posted on 07/26/2013 11:33:37 AM PDT by Defiant (In the next rebellion, the rebels will be the ones carrying the American flag.)
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To: SE Mom

Wow.


44 posted on 07/26/2013 11:38:31 AM PDT by txhurl ('The DOG ate my homework. That homework, too. ALL my homework. OK?' - POSHITUS)
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To: maggief

You cannot control the steering with a hack.


45 posted on 07/26/2013 11:40:27 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: hoosiermama

who ya gonna call ?


Putin?


46 posted on 07/26/2013 11:40:35 AM PDT by txhurl ('The DOG ate my homework. That homework, too. ALL my homework. OK?' - POSHITUS)
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To: DFG

Can’t hack a pace maker, they are not online. The only way to access one is through a land line or a high voltage electrical charge(such as a defibrillator)applied directly to the person’s body.


47 posted on 07/26/2013 11:47:50 AM PDT by calex59
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To: txhurl

Don’t trust him either


48 posted on 07/26/2013 11:54:29 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then)
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To: calex59

Ok, high voltage micro waves might work also but only at close range, and even then it is not a sure thing, most pace makers are immune to micro waves.


49 posted on 07/26/2013 11:55:06 AM PDT by calex59
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To: dfwgator; ClearCase_guy

LOL. Never fails.


50 posted on 07/26/2013 12:57:18 PM PDT by Gumption
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To: EEGator
He was a security expert pointing out flaws to help make them safer. I’m glad you two are fine with assassinations. (If it turns out to be murder)

So he was a White Hat?

So his hacks (as reported in the stories) of ATMs were to show security flaws? Talk about leaving out significant details.

51 posted on 07/26/2013 1:19:47 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: American in Israel
You cannot control the steering with a hack.

Not directly, but you could cause a loss of control with the use of the braking/traction controls. Add a little left front brake, a little more power from the engine, and we have a swerve into oncoming traffic.

52 posted on 07/26/2013 1:23:53 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

It makes a better tin foil story.


53 posted on 07/26/2013 1:24:54 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: American in Israel
"You cannot control the steering with a hack."

If the car has the auto-parallel parking feature you can.

54 posted on 07/26/2013 1:26:27 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Oh, crap, you are right!


55 posted on 07/26/2013 1:27:54 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: DFG; COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; jacob allen; Travis McGee; ...

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don’t add you to the list...

56 posted on 07/26/2013 1:42:06 PM PDT by null and void (You don't know what "cutting edge" means till you insult Mohammed.)
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To: null and void

Love the pic, pal!


57 posted on 07/26/2013 1:43:00 PM PDT by Old Sarge (My "KMA List" is growing daily...)
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To: ClearCase_guy

>> I’d ask his coroner, but he’s dead too.

Do you know the cause?


58 posted on 07/26/2013 1:45:53 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Old Sarge

Yeah, well, when Breitbart, Hastings and Jack all die just before they make a major announcement...


60 posted on 07/26/2013 1:48:44 PM PDT by null and void (You don't know what "cutting edge" means till you insult Mohammed.)
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