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Barnaby Jack, a hacker known for identifying security gaps at ATM machines, has died at the age of 35 years. He was found dead in an apartment in San Francisco, just days before a speaker at the Black Hat hacker conference.
Not yet clear what the cause of Jack's death. Currently, he is director of IOActive, a security company. Is Black Hat event also expressed grief over the death of a talented hacker.
"Everyone would agree that the life and work of legendary and irreplaceable Barnaby," they said that we have quoted from Computerworld, Saturday (07/27/2013).
He previously worked as a security researcher at McAfee and Juniper. He is best known as an ATM burglary demonstrated at the Black Hat conference three years ago so that thieves can spend money at will.
Vendor ATM makers were desperate and immediately patch the security hole. Jack classified as 'white hacker', which means he only intended to show that the discovery of a security hole and had no criminal motive.
Jack recently also demonstrate how to outsmart medical device that is placed in the human body wirelessly, and can harm the patient.
The fellow hackers were grieving over the death of Jack suddenly. While the company where he works today, IOActive states that Jack is a master hacker and a good friend.
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