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Barnaby Jack dies before revealing ONE WEEK before showing how to hack pacemakers from 30 feet away.  In the video, Jack shows how to attack insulin pumps.

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Hacker Found Dead Before Revealing Pacemaker Hacking Secrets

The mysterious death of a San Francisco "ethical hacker," who was set to give a speech on infiltrating wireless implantable medical devices, has caused speculation that he was the victim of a targeted attack, and raised alarm about the safety of devices such as pacemakers.

Professional hacker Barnaby Jack, who famously demonstrated how to make ATMs spit out cash, was set to reveal the secrets of how implantable medical devices, specifically pacemakers, can be hacked, in a talk scheduled for last Thursday at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas.

"He was able to remotely exploit them, and this talk was really dedicated to how the manufacturers could improve the security of the device," IOactive CEO Jennifer Steffens said.

But his girlfriend found the 35-year-old dead in his San Francisco home July 25. The cause of death is still under investigation, according to the San Francisco coroner's office.

Police say they have ruled out foul play, but the cause of death might not be determined by the medical examiner for another month.

Jack dedicated his career to exposing the vulnerabilities hackers can exploit. The title of his scheduled talk at the Black Hat security conference was "Implantable Medical Devices: Hacking Humans," and he planned to discuss how these devices "operate and communicate, and the security shortcomings of the current protocols," according to the Black Hat website.

"He wanted to know, how could that stuff down there fail, and especially how it could fail if there were some not nice people out there trying to make it crash," security researcher Dan Kaminsky said.

Jack's research into the possibility of hacking medical devices is reminiscent of the plot twist in the end of the second season of the Emmy-award winning series "Homeland," in which the fictional vice president was killed when his pacemaker was hacked by terrorists.

That scene got people wondering whether it is possible to hack implantable medical devices. In an interview with Bloomberg News before his death, Jack said that the answer is yes.

"Once I took a look, I was actually shocked to see how many vulnerabilities existed," Jack said.

The FDA said in a statement that there is no cause for alarm for the nearly 3 million Americans who have pacemakers.

"[The FDA] is not aware of any patient injuries or deaths associated with these incidents, nor do we have any indication that any specific devices or systems in clinical use have been purposely targeted at this time," the regulatory agency said.

Meanwhile, questions -- and even conspiracy theories -- are swirling around the Web regarding Jacks' untimely death, with some even blaming the U.S. government.

"This is an industry where a lot of money and danger is at stake," ABC News consultant and former FBI Agent Brad Garrett said. "The work he was doing certainly put him at some risk," ABC News consultant and former FBI Agent Brad Garrett said.

Source: http://gma.yahoo.com/hackers-death-prompts-conspiracy-theories-120118017--abc-news-topstories.html?vp=1

Authored By NATASHA SINGH | Good Morning America – Mon, Aug 5, 2013 8:53 AM EDT

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Food for Thought - 5/30/13

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Woman Handing Out Samples at Va. Costco Shot Dead by Police

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Exhibiting Moral Responsibility takes Courage. - leftish

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Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse. Why is it not more apt to anticipate and provide for reform? Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? Why does it not encourage its citizens to be on the alert to point out its faults, and do better than it would have them?

Food for Thought

Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience. (via ellobofilipino)

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Rape kits go untested for decades

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Wal-Mart pleads guilty in hazardous waste case.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay $81.6 million after pleading guilty on Tuesday to criminal charges of improperly disposing of fertilizer, pesticides and other hazardous products that were pulled from stores in California and Missouri because of damaged packaging and other problems.

For additional information visit: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/wal-mart-pleads-guilty-calif-hazardous-waste

Commentary: Must be nice when companies can throw money at any issue to make it go away. Leaves one to wonder whether these types of penalties actually impact the offending businesses at all.

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-A Trip to the Hospital Kills Vet, William Nicklas.

-Pittsburgh VA executives got performance bonuses amidst deadly Legionnaires’ spread

-VA under scrutiny after Legionnaires' cases in Pittsburgh Hospital officials knew about the problem for at least a year and failed to fix it.

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Workers Who Stood Up to Their Bosses

  Steve Cammett, Chick-fil-A

Steve Cammett, 60, resigned from Chick-fil-A in August to protest the company's anti-gay stance, according to CBS Atlanta. He had worked at the company for nine years.

Greg Smith, Goldman Sachs

Greg Smith famously announced his resignation from Goldman Sachs in a New York Times op-ed, saying "the interests of the client continue to be sidelined in the way the firm operates and thinks about making money."

Phillip Sharp, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

Seven advisors, including Nobel laureate Dr. Phillip Sharp, resigned from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas because they felt CRIT was putting commercial interests before science, CBS News reports.

Vanessa Ferreira, Walmart

Vanessa Ferreira, who works in Walmart's cake department, went on strike to protest Walmart's low wages, receiving a warning for trespassing in the process.

Don Delves, Best Buy

Don Delves, an independent contractor who worked at Best Buy for seven years, resigned after the struggling company gave bonuses to more than 100 managers. None of the bonuses were tied to performance.

Lifeguards

When lifeguard Tomas Lopez was fired after he left his specific section of the beach to save a drowning man, two of his coworkers quit in protest.

Boy Scouts

Ten employees at a Boy Scouts of America summer camp quit in solidarity after their gay coworker was fired, the Sacramento Bee reports

  Ravi Batra, NY Ethics Board

Ravi Batra quit after he asked for a federal investigation of what he deemed the "lack of independence of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics from Cuomo and the elected officials who appoint commission members," The Register-Star reports.

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/the-office-experiment-lunch-tastes-weird_n_3285548.html#slide=1873870

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This is original music inspired by the wrongful conviction of 6 men in Colorado. It is produced by Platinum Producer and son of Roger Troutman, Larry Gates and written by H.A. Jabar. The video was produced and edited in association with A Just Cause These 6 innocent men are currently in prison serving unjust sentences of 7-11 years. Help us to get the word out about this corruption by sharing the video and link !! Read more at freetheirp6.org

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The Incredible True Story of Betty Anne Waters was made into a motion picture.

The movie "Conviction" is about a working mother who puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders. The movie also highlights the commitment, strength and love shared by two siblings -- unparalleled to anything I believe you will ever see!

Conviction, Directed by Tony Goldwyn, Written by Pamela Gray, and stars Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell.

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Father accused of kidnapping. Walmart Security claimed a white man with biracial children just didn't "match up".