Black Hat Researchers Hack Linux Powered Smart Rifle for Fun | Linux Today

Black Hat Researchers Hack Linux Powered Smart Rifle for Fun

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Sean Michael Kerner
Aug 7, 2015

LAS VEGAS–In world where everything is connected and everything can be hacked, it shouldn’t be a surprise that a rifle can be hacked to have a shooter change targets. That’s precisely what independent security researcher Runa Sandvik and her husband Michael Augur detailed at the Black Hat USA conference here.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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