Armatix 'smartgun' hacked with $15.00 in magnets

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Armatix 'smartgun' hacked with $15.00 in magnets

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Who didn't see this coming.
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a hacker who goes under the pseudonym Plore has showed in a Colorado firing range that he can make the smart gun fire without the security watch anywhere near it.

By placing $15 (£11.50) magnets by the barrel of the gun he could bypass the security watch.

'I almost didn't believe it had actually worked. I had to fire it again,' he said.

'And that's how I found out for $15 (£11.50) of materials you can defeat the security of this $1,500 (£1,150) smart gun', he said.
Plore was also able to jam the device's radio signals so the owner could not fire the gun even with the watch present.
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Re: Armatix 'smartgun' hacked with $15.00 in magnets

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