A pair of hackers have found a way to intercept a computer-assisted sniper rifle’s wireless connection and change the weapon’s target, disable the scope’s computer, and stop the gun from firing, according to Wired.
A pair of security researchers, Runa Sandvik and Michael Auger, analyzed the $13,000 TrackingPoint rifle for a year and will present their findings at a hacker conference next month, according to the report published Wednesday.
The weapon has Wi-Fi access, which allows a user to connect a computer to the scope of the weapon to stream video. The computer can also control other settings, such as wind, temperate and ammunition weight, according to Wired.
“We found a way to connect directly to the computer that’s inside of it and change the same values but in such a way that it doesn’t show up in the screen,” Sandvik told Wired.
The gun makes it possible to “to shoot around corners, record your hunt, and share your experience with friends and family,” according to the product’s website.
“You can make it lie constantly to the user so they’ll always miss their shot,” Sandvik told Wired.
Watch a demonstration of the hacking from Wired:
This is why the gun nuts got all upset last year about that safety feature–electronic ID, so a cop’s pistol would only work for him, not for a bad guy who snatched it away. They hated that! Now we see why: the more guns become smart (like every other appliance and tool in the modern world) the more smart people can control them. This leaves the dumb people left out.
Welcome to Brave New World
Shut up and take your Soma!!!
A wireless riffle for consumers? is that what I’m reading about? Fuck. What could possible go wrong?
Man really is the most dangerous game of all.
Go Hackers!