Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Scientist Claims to Be 'Infected' with Computer Virus

Via Telegraph.co.uk -

A British scientist claims to be the first human to have been infected with a computer virus after he contaminated an electronic chip which was inserted into his hand.

Dr Mark Gasson, of the University of Reading, said the device was programmed with a virus which could transfer itself to other electronic systems it came in contact with.

Any other chips that interacted with the infected systems would also contract the virus, he said, raising the possibility that in the future, advanced medical devices such as pacemakers could become vulnerable to cyber attacks.


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Personally I wanna see more details on the 'virus' in his RFID chip...

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