The world's greatest star hacker, Banabai Jack
I do not know if you know Banabai Jack, the people who are passionate about IT may be more in-depth understanding of him, he was born in New Zealand, a hacker, not only is also a programmer and computer security experts. So the question is, why is this man so famous when there are many powerful hackers in the world? Because Banabai once spent two years researching how to crack ATMs, not only that, but also the results of this in the United States held in Las Vegas, the annual "White Hat" hacker conference to show, when he cracked the program of the ATM constantly spit out money on the ground piled up into a mountain, and then such a wonderful play in the The "white hat" hacker conference is called "ATM crack show", also let him become famous.
Mysterious deaths in apartments
After he became famous, Barnabas continued to work on things he was interested in, and in the U.S. show Homeland, there was a case where a remotely operated pacemaker was used to kill people thousands of kilometers away from home, which of course, everyone thought was sci-fi, and after all, how could there be such a miraculous thing in reality, but Barnabas didn't, and he even posted in his blog that
This episode is not far from reality and can also recreate the episode in reality.
This statement caused a lot of controversy, and more people were waiting for Barnabas to show his magic than not believing it, but before he could do so, he was found dead in his apartment in a mysterious manner, and the cause of his death was not known. This case has sparked speculation in the world, with many stating that Barnabas was murdered for identifying many loophole issues, forcing many businesses to spend money and time perfecting their products, thus offending many people.
In fact, after Barnabas found out the vulnerability of the pacemaker, he was interviewed by the media, in which Barnabas said that this discovery is likely to lead to fatal consequences, I don't know if it is not verified this sentence, Barnabas died mysteriously shortly thereafter, and was originally going to reveal the vulnerability of the pacemaker is also therefore sunk. To know the influence of the pacemaker is very big, just in the United States there are more than 3 million pacemaker users, once the vulnerability exposure of all the relevant manufacturers will face bankruptcy, can imagine, the consequences of this matter is huge, this may also be the reason for the mysterious death of Barnabas, but this is just a speculation, the truth of the matter is no way to know how.
Before his death, Barnabas was in charge of researching security measures for embedded medical devices, which can also be invaded, and if only ordinary people's computers are invaded, the loss of personal information and property may be lost, but if these medical systems are attacked, then it will be fatal, so he had planned to come to the Black Hat Conference to talk about and demonstrate the security vulnerability. The security vulnerability is the scanning of pacemakers within 30 feet of each other to override the software they are running and send high voltages to them causing a short circuit. In fact, as early as 2012, Barnabas was able to use a laptop more than 10 meters away from the pacemaker to release up to 830 volts, and this operation can instantly put people to death, think about how scary it is, and if it is the use of this technology in the evil way that will be how many people will die in the invisible.
Barnabas said pacemakers have wireless receivers, and it is these devices that have fatal vulnerabilities, perhaps for the purpose of protecting manufacturers, he did not publicly release this video, but also informed many manufacturers of the vulnerabilities in the hope of timely improvement. "Our research is not to undermine people's confidence in life-saving instruments, we do not allow technical details to be leaked in case someone carries out an attack in reality. While the likelihood of an illegal attack on these instruments is small, no matter how small it is, it must be given due attention."
In 2011 Barnabay also discovered a vulnerability in insulin pumps - that a hacker from a hundred meters away could manipulate them to make them release enough insulin to be lethal - a discovery that has forced manufacturers to look at and improve their products, and Barnabay's work was recognized by the U.S. government when, on the basis of his findings, the U.S. Government Accountability Office last August, urging agencies to improve information security on medical devices. But medical device manufacturers did not welcome Jack's research for the simple reason that no one wants their products to be exposed for the shameful things they do. Banabai's work led to these manufacturers having to invest more money in improving security, so that's why there is speculation that he was murdered, even though police have spoken out to rule it out.