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Submission + - Barnaby Jack died of drug overdose (bbc.co.uk) 1

Submitted by DrDevil on Saturday January 04, 2014 @07:51AM

DrDevil writes: Barnaby Jack, the computer security expert who was due to give a presentation on hacking pacemakers at last year's Blackhat died of a drug overdose. The coroner withheld the report which led to much speculation given the timing of his death.

Mr Jack appears to have taken a cocktail of drugs and was found dead by his girlfriend. His girlfriend stated that he had used drugs regularly.

Submission + - Anonymous intercepts FBI conference call (telegraph.co.uk)

Submitted by DrDevil on Friday February 03, 2012 @11:32AM

DrDevil writes: A member of the computer hacking group Anonymous has hacked into a telephone conference between the FBI and Scotland Yard (London Police) and posted it on the internet.

The Daily Telegraph has a comprehensive article on the hack at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9059580/Anonymous-hackers-intercept-conversation-between-FBI-and-Scotland-Yard-on-how-to-deal-with-hackers.html.

The audio of the call can be heard at http://t.co/vrdop7No.

Submission + - GCHQ Challenge solution explained (blogspot.com)

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DrDevil

on Sunday December 04, 2011 @12:45PM

DrDevil writes: ""The British spy agency GCHQ recently published a puzzle on www.canyoucrackit.co.uk (as featured on slashdot), now just a few days later an academic at the University of Greenwich in England has posted a full video explanation of the puzzle. The puzzle has three stages and is not at all simple — likely to challenge even the best computer science graduates.

Solution and explanation at http://gchqchallenge.blogspot.com/""

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