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Famed Hacker Barnaby Jack Dies a Week Before Hacking Convention.....

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35yrs old.....no apparent medical problems. Foul play ruled out already and a month before they know anything on an Autopsy. One of the Top Cyber Security Hacks working for the Fed too. Any of this sound fishy to others? Told Reuters he could kill someone from 30 feet away that had an implanted heart. Just by attacking the device.

Barnaby Jack, a celebrated computer hacker who forced bank ATMs to spit out cash and sparked safety improvements in medical devices, died in San Francisco, a week before he was due to make a high-profile presentation at a hacking conference.

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The New Zealand-born Jack, 35, was found dead on Thursday evening by "a loved one" at an apartment in San Francisco's Nob Hill neighborhood, according to a police spokesman. He would not say what caused Jack's death but said police had ruled out foul play.

The San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office said it was conducting an autopsy, although it could be a month before the cause of death is determined.

Jack was one of the world's most prominent "white hat" hackers - those who use their technical skills to find security holes before criminals can exploit them.

His genius was finding bugs in the tiny computers embedded in equipment, such as medical devices and cash machines. He often received standing ovations at conferences for his creativity and showmanship while his research forced equipment makers to fix bugs in their software.

Jack had planned to demonstrate his techniques to hack into pacemakers and implanted defibrillators at the Black Hat hackers convention in Las Vegas next Thursday. He told Reuters last week that he could kill a man from 30 feet away by attacking an implanted heart device.....snip~

http://news.yahoo.com/hacker-barnaby-jack-unexpectedly-dies-ahead-hacking-conference-131558623.html
 
35yrs old.....no apparent medical problems. Foul play ruled out already and a month before they know anything on an Autopsy. One of the Top Cyber Security Hacks working for the Fed too. Any of this sound fishy to others? Told Reuters he could kill someone from 30 feet away that had an implanted heart. Just by attacking the device.

Barnaby Jack, a celebrated computer hacker who forced bank ATMs to spit out cash and sparked safety improvements in medical devices, died in San Francisco, a week before he was due to make a high-profile presentation at a hacking conference.

d7c9bd15-17ad-4369-a71f-d8abe55865e0_AP100728048909.jpg


The New Zealand-born Jack, 35, was found dead on Thursday evening by "a loved one" at an apartment in San Francisco's Nob Hill neighborhood, according to a police spokesman. He would not say what caused Jack's death but said police had ruled out foul play.

The San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office said it was conducting an autopsy, although it could be a month before the cause of death is determined.

Jack was one of the world's most prominent "white hat" hackers - those who use their technical skills to find security holes before criminals can exploit them.

His genius was finding bugs in the tiny computers embedded in equipment, such as medical devices and cash machines. He often received standing ovations at conferences for his creativity and showmanship while his research forced equipment makers to fix bugs in their software.

Jack had planned to demonstrate his techniques to hack into pacemakers and implanted defibrillators at the Black Hat hackers convention in Las Vegas next Thursday.
He told Reuters last week that he could kill a man from 30 feet away by attacking an implanted heart device.....snip~
Famed hacker Barnaby Jack dies a week before hacking convention




RIP Barnby Jack.
I guess that some people with implanted medical devices can rest a little easier now.
 
RIP Barnby Jack.
I guess that some people with implanted medical devices can rest a little easier now.

Yeah well at those conventions.....I am sure there are both sides of the tracks checking on things. Good guys and bad guys.

Found dead.....doesn't say anything else. No parties mentioned.....wonder if they will blame drugs?
 
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