Programmer Barnaby Jack dies a week before showing heart-attack hack that kills from a distance

[HiPointDem]

Well-known hacker Barnaby Jack has died in San Francisco, a week before he was due to show off techniques for attacking implanted heart devices that he said could kill a man from 30 feet away.

The San Francisco Medical Examiner’s office said he died in the city on Thursday. It gave no details.

Jack, a security expert, became one of the most famous hackers on the planet after a 2010 demonstration in which he forced ATMs to spit out cash, dubbed “Jackpotting,” (reut.rs/gIGXVq )

The hacking community expressed shock as the news of his death spread via Twitter early on Friday. Jack was due to appear at the Black Hat hacking convention in San Francisco next week, demonstrating how he could attack heart devices.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/26/barnaby-jack-dies-a-week-before-showing-off-heart-attack-hack-that-can-kill-a-man-from-30-feet-away/

[loli phabay]

1. mayby it was an own goal?

[JimDandy]

2. Is that his real name?

There's almost nothing about this guy on the web. No wiki, no age, just a security company that hired him in 2010. Nothing from the coroner still and no obituary under the name Barnaby Jack yet. Weird.

[HiPointDem]

3. dunno. says he's 'well known'. ??? interesting. I find this:

http://books.google.com/books?id=WD6s5DwfLSsC&pg=PR30&dq=%22barnaby+jack%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Vuj0UYCDDuWUigLijIDoCQ&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22barnaby%20jack%22&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=fDxg1W3eT2gC&pg=PA111&dq=barnaby+jack&hl=en&sa=X&ei=P-j0Ud37HcvnigLbyYC4CA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=barnaby%20jack&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=G6Zeh_XSOqUC&pg=PA382&dq=%22barnaby+jack%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dOj0UdyiGombiQKg7ICwBA&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=%22barnaby%20jack%22&f=false

[JimDandy]

7. Yep...before he died, everything listed was only work related.

Being as he was in computer security, I'm sure he worked hard to protect his identity and keep or remove anything about his personal life off the web.

[sunwyn]

4. here's the wikipedia page...only thing I could find

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaby_Jack

[JimDandy]

6. Someone built that page fast!

Wasn't there on Friday. Thanks.

Wow, he died so young...

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Think Dick Cheney had anything to do with it?

[JimDandy]

8. Coroner still has to put his two cents in. I'll wait. n/t

[spinbaby]

9. Yeah, not suspicious at all

Has there been any further word on what caused this man's death?