Hacker found dead days before he was due to demonstrate how to kill someone fitted with a pacemaker

[kpete]

Hacker found dead just days before he was due to demonstrate how to kill someone fitted with a pacemaker at conference
Barnaby Jack had said he could kill a person from 30 feet by using the hack
Gained infamy after demonstrating how to hack cash machines

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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.

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He was due to appear at the Black Hat hacking convention in San Francisco next week, demonstrating how he could attack heart devices.

He had claimed he had developed techniques for attacking implanted heart devices that could kill a man from 30 feet away

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2379009/Barnaby-Jack-dead-days-demonstrate-kill-fitted-pacemaker.html#ixzz2aIZJaLOw

[napoleon_in_rags]

1. I've seen this story a few times, but still have a big question.

Did he work with the manufacturer, and wait for all the faulty units upgraded before this speech? I'm just curious about how this kind of thing goes down.