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Famed hacker Barnaby Jack dies a week before hacking convention

Reuters: 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.

In2iti0n3918d ago

This is really unfortunate. This man could do so much to improve security of many devices in the world, and has already done a lot until now.

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A cyberattack kept the whole country's government offline for a month

A cyberattack kept the whole country's government offline for a month.

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iPhone zero-click Wi-Fi exploit is one of the most breathtaking hacks ever

Before Apple patch, Wi-Fi packets could steal photos. No interaction needed. Over the air.

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Local police departments in all 50 states use hacking tool to unlock smartphones

About 2,000 law enforcement agencies from all 50 states use mobile device forensic tools to extract every piece of data from smartphones.

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