Its almost foolproof shooting, albeit at a$13,000 price tag.
Worst could be that the hacker completely locks the control of the smart rifle rendering it useless.
Soon, alower-end Precision-Guided .308 modelwas purchased by the duo at a price of$12,995.
Thus attacker can completely stop the gun from firing the ammunition.
This proves that the gun listens to remote instructions and allows administrative access to hackers which could be dangerous.
Auger and Sandvik carried out their experiments with the smart rifle at a gun range in West Virginia.
CNNMoney quotes: They didnt just trick the rifle to miss.
They tricked it to miss just right.
It seems the same thing can be done even by adjusting the wind and temperature readings of the rifle.
Youll be too focused lining up your shot.
The worst thing here is that the default password has been published online!
Sandvik fears that someone would definitely publish all this online to help other hardware hackers.
source: www.techworm.net
