Post: Person infected with computer virus
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05-27-2010, 08:49 AM
#1
Hells
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Dr Mark Gasson, a cybernetics expert at the University of Reading, has had a computer chip implanted in his hand.
The chip is programmed to open security doors to his lab - and ensure only he is able to switch on and use his mobile phone.
But Dr Gasson deliberately infected the chip with a computer virus, which was then automatically transmitted to the lab security system.
"Once the system is infected, anybody accessing the building with their passcard would be infected too," he told Sky News.
The virus on his chip is benign. But malicious computer code could give criminals access to a building.
Dr Gasson says his experiment also exposes the vulnerability of chips now routinely implanted in patients.
Heart pacemakers contain mini-computers that control the heartbeat, and communicate with doctors via a special reader held against the skin.
But if a virus was transmitted to the device which stopped it working properly, the consequences for the patient could be fatal.
"The devices will have to start to use security encryption," said Dr Gasson.
"Medical devices should have some kind of password protection as well. They're basic security precautions. It's surprising these devices don't have them already."
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05-29-2010, 08:08 PM
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Charmander.
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05-30-2010, 07:11 AM
#14
bonbonbon
dead babies in a tree
It's not a human virus though it's a computer virus. I thought it was like a computer virus that could kill you. That's still ill though, he obviously doesn't deserve to be alive... someone should kill him for being so stupid. An idea like that is what makes hitler's genocide unforgettable. This shames humanity and I hate it.
05-31-2010, 01:53 AM
#17
MR_M5
ALL CHALLENGES & EMBLEMS
Originally posted by Cerberus.
A British scientist has become the first human to be infected with a computer virus.
Dr Mark Gasson, a cybernetics expert at the University of Reading, has had a computer chip implanted in his hand.
The chip is programmed to open security doors to his lab - and ensure only he is able to switch on and use his mobile phone.
But Dr Gasson deliberately infected the chip with a computer virus, which was then automatically transmitted to the lab security system.
"Once the system is infected, anybody accessing the building with their passcard would be infected too," he told Sky News.
The virus on his chip is benign. But malicious computer code could give criminals access to a building.
Dr Gasson says his experiment also exposes the vulnerability of chips now routinely implanted in patients.
Heart pacemakers contain mini-computers that control the heartbeat, and communicate with doctors via a special reader held against the skin.
But if a virus was transmitted to the device which stopped it working properly, the consequences for the patient could be fatal.
"The devices will have to start to use security encryption," said Dr Gasson.
"Medical devices should have some kind of password protection as well. They're basic security precautions. It's surprising these devices don't have them already."
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Dr Mark Gasson, a cybernetics expert at the University of Reading, has had a computer chip implanted in his hand.
The chip is programmed to open security doors to his lab - and ensure only he is able to switch on and use his mobile phone.
But Dr Gasson deliberately infected the chip with a computer virus, which was then automatically transmitted to the lab security system.
"Once the system is infected, anybody accessing the building with their passcard would be infected too," he told Sky News.
The virus on his chip is benign. But malicious computer code could give criminals access to a building.
Dr Gasson says his experiment also exposes the vulnerability of chips now routinely implanted in patients.
Heart pacemakers contain mini-computers that control the heartbeat, and communicate with doctors via a special reader held against the skin.
But if a virus was transmitted to the device which stopped it working properly, the consequences for the patient could be fatal.
"The devices will have to start to use security encryption," said Dr Gasson.
"Medical devices should have some kind of password protection as well. They're basic security precautions. It's surprising these devices don't have them already."
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WOW! Imagine the possibilities!! You can now plug a USB Drive and load a GAME SAVE and MOD Yourself, Hack Yourself and just Plane Infect yourself and others with a Virus LOL....
Cool Find BRO...
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