Tuesday, 16 May 2017

Boy, 11, hacks cyber-security audience to give lesson on 'weaponisation' of toys

Boy, 11, hacks cyber-security audience to give lesson on 'weaponisation' of toys

An 11-year-old “cyber ninja” has stunned an audience of security experts by hacking into their Bluetooth devices to manipulate a robotic teddy bear, showing in the process how interconnected smart toys “can be weaponised”. Reuben Paul, who is in sixth grade at school in Austin, Texas, and his teddy bear Bob wowed hundreds at a cyber-security conference in the Netherlands.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/17/boy-11-hacks-cyber-security-audience-to-give-lesson-on-weaponisation-of-toys?source=Snapzu

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