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Hackers Backdoor the Human Brain, Successfully Extract Sensitive Data

Posted August 18, 2012 12:19 PM

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With a chilling hint of the not-so-distant future, researchers at the Usenix Security conference have demonstrated a zero-day vulnerability in your brain. Using a commercial off-the-shelf brain-computer interface, the researchers have shown that it's possible to hack your brain, forcing you to reveal information that you'd rather keep secret.

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08/18/2012 7:20 PM

What "commercial off-the-shelf brain-computer interface"? A keyboard?

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08/18/2012 10:39 PM

10 years ago, I'd have scoffed at this.

Today, I'm not so sure this won't happen.

I'm not sure that someday, we won't have implanted computers in our head.

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08/18/2012 10:43 PM

Yeah, the movie "Brainstorm" was enjoyable.

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08/18/2012 10:52 PM

Amazing possibilities, that.

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08/19/2012 10:02 PM

That one bloke sure got a lot of exercise without even leaving the comfort of his own recliner (not that he remembered much) lol.
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08/20/2012 4:03 PM

Awwww, not the P300 again! Last time, the researchers wanted to use it to prove people were guilty of something, cause they pee-three-hundered at some piece of intel.

From the article I quote "... in general the experiments had a 10 to 40% chance of success of obtaining useful information..".

Ain't that the same as a 60-90% failure rate?

There are easier ways of finding out where a person banks.

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08/21/2012 8:17 AM

How long before the hack can be performed remotely? If information can be extracted, could commands be implanted?

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