Hacker found dead days before he was to demonstrate how to hack a pacemaker

Daily Mail UK ^ | 07/26/2013 | Daily Mail Reporter

[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'.

[bgill]

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

[EEGator]

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

[Defiant]

The NSA hates competition.

[txhurl]

Wow.

[American in Israel]

You cannot control the steering with a hack.

[txhurl]

who ya gonna call ?

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Putin?

[calex59]

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.

[hoosiermama]

Don’t trust him either

[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.

[Gumption]

LOL. Never fails.

[IYAS9YAS]

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.

[IYAS9YAS]

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.

[EEGator]

It makes a better tin foil story.

[Mad Dawgg]

"You cannot control the steering with a hack."

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

[American in Israel]

Oh, crap, you are right!

[null and void]

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...

[Old Sarge]

Love the pic, pal!

[Gene Eric]

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

Do you know the cause?

[null and void]

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