12 Facts About Barnaby Jack

Barnaby Michael Douglas Jack was a New Zealand hacker, programmer and computer security expert.

Barnaby Jack was known for his presentation at the Black Hat computer security conference in 2010, during which he exploited two ATMs and made them dispense fake paper currency on the stage.

At the time of his death, Barnaby Jack was Director of Embedded Device Security at IOActive.

At a Black Hat conference in 2010, Barnaby Jack gave a presentation on "jackpotting", or causing automated teller machines to dispense cash without withdrawing it from a bank account using a bank card.

Barnaby Jack gave demonstrations of different kinds of attacks involving both physical access to the machines and completely automated remote attacks.

At the McAfee FOCUS 11 conference in October 2011 in Las Vegas, while working for McAfee Security, Barnaby Jack first demonstrated the wireless hacking of insulin pumps, one worn by a diabetic friend and another of the same model on a bench set up for demonstration.

In 2012, Barnaby Jack demonstrated the ability to assassinate a victim by hacking their pacemaker.

Barnaby Jack demonstrated delivering such a deadly electric shock live at the 2012 BreakPoint security conference in Melbourne.

Barnaby Jack died a week before he was to give a presentation on hacking heart implants at the Black Hat 2013 conference scheduled to be held in Las Vegas.

Barnaby Jack came up with a system that scans for any insulin pumps that communicate wirelessly within 300 feet, allows you to hack into them without needing to know the identification numbers and then sets them to dish out more or less insulin than necessary, sending patients into hypoglycemic shock quickly if excessive insulin was dispensed or ketoacidosis if not enough insulin was dispensed over a period of time.

Barnaby Jack was found dead in a San Francisco apartment on 25 July 2013 by his girlfriend.

Black Hat general manager Trey Ford, said "Everyone would agree that the life and work of Barnaby Jack are legendary and irreplaceable", and announced his spot would not be replaced at the conference.