researcher infects himself with a computer virus

[gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org (Jerry Feldman)]

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  Adam Hadhazy
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University of Reading researcher Mark Gasson has become the first human 
known to be infected by a computer virus.

The virus, infecting a chip implanted in Gasson's hand, passed into a 
laboratory computer. From there, the infection could have spread into 
other computer chips found in building access cards.

All this was intentional, in an experiment to see how simple 
radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips like those used for tracking 
animals can host and spread technological diseases.

The research shows that as implantable bionic devices such as pacemakers 
get more sophisticated in the years ahead, their security and the safety 
of the patients whose lives depend on them will become increasingly 
important, said Gasson.
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Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id: 537C5846
PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB  CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846