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beevul

(12,194 posts) Tue Aug 25, 2015, 02:53 PM Aug 2015

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Hackers Make Smart Rifle Go Rogue

Hackers Make Smart Rifle Go Rogue

By Richard Adhikari

Jul 31, 2015 5:00 AM PT

Security researchers Runa Sandvik and Michael Auger have hacked a TrackingPoint smart rifle that was designed to deliver sharpshooter results, even for novices.

They demonstrated their feat for Wired and will present their findings at the week-long Black Hat 2015 security conference in Las Vegas, which begins Saturday.

The two purchased a pair of US$13,000 rifles and spent a year working on them.

They developed a set of techniques that could let hackers compromise the rifles -- which are computerized and run a version of Linux -- through the weapons' WiFi connection.

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82327.html

This is an example of why nobody wants to be forced into 'smart guns only' legal status.

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Hackers Make Smart Rifle Go Rogue (Original Post) beevul Aug 2015 OP

Personal-Area Network only. Jester Messiah Aug 2015 #1

If it's like my old smart phone, it will crash hourly. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #2

Jester Messiah

(4,711 posts)

1. Personal-Area Network only.

Reply to beevul (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 03:00 PM

Aug 2015

And if the gun has to "call home" you just spoof "home."

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

2. If it's like my old smart phone, it will crash hourly.

Reply to beevul (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 03:03 PM

Aug 2015

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