Looks like someone got hacked off with this guy.

[zeitghost]

Hacker Barnaby Jack's cause of death could remain unknown for months | Technology | theguardian.com

He featured on this week's Horizon.

Demonstrated how to reprogram an ATM to dispense free money.

Now I wonder...

[bobspud]

Hacker Barnaby Jack's cause of death could remain unknown for months | Technology | theguardian.com

He featured on this week's Horizon.

Demonstrated how to reprogram an ATM to dispense free money.

Now I wonder...

Yes I thought that when I saw that he was dead. his passing didn't even make slashdot...

[amoeba]

A San Francisco police department spokesperson told the Guardian Jack was found dead by "a loved one" in an apartment in the city's Nob Hill neighborhood and that no foul play was suspected.

Fnarr.

[Ticktock]

Looks like someone got hacked off with this guy.

Boom boom.



Not that I'm implying he killed himself with a shotgun.

[malvolio]

Brilliant piece of hacking though, relying on you finding your way last the installed security protocols for local access and remote file uploading. However, can you spot the flaw?

First you buy an ATM...

[OwlHoot]

Hacker Barnaby Jack's cause of death could remain unknown for months | Technology | theguardian.com

He featured on this week's Horizon.

Demonstrated how to reprogram an ATM to dispense free money.

Now I wonder...

Puffer fish venom, a microscopic amount of tetrodotoxin, on his toothpick?

[DaveB]

Brilliant piece of hacking though, relying on you finding your way last the installed security protocols for local access and remote file uploading. However, can you spot the flaw?

First you buy an ATM...

Not really a flaw when you work for a security research company (or an organised criminal gang) and the ATM's can be bought on the web and delivered to your home.

The actual attacks exploited fundamental flaws in the ATM software; including the use of a master encryption key that was widely know to be compromised and available for purchase for $10 if you knew where to look, and the fact that insecure remote monitoring functionality was left enabled by default on every ATM in use.