Smart Gun hacked--another Utopian setback

[johndoe3]

http://www.guns.com/2017/07/25/apparent ... net-video/

A security researcher who goes by the name “Plore” found multiple ways to defeat the vaunted the Armatix GmbH Smart System and its $1,400 gun.

As chronicled by Wired in the above video, the hacker demonstrates a multitude of ways to beat the controversial personalized handgun which is designed to pair to an RFID-equipped wrist watch to be able to fire.

“Not only was it unsecured, it was unsecured in a way that I had not anticipated,” said Plore.

He was able to jam the radio frequency band (916.5Mhz) and prevent the gun from firing when it should, extend the authentication radius of its RFID puddle, and even defeat the electromagnetic locking system altogether with a simple $15 magnet placed near the breechblock.

Good find, a simple magnet can unlock the locking system; and radio frequency jamming on a specific frequency can prevent the gun from firing. I'm sure these finds will convince law enforcement agencies even more that they shouldn't be guinea pigs for the SmartGun.

[ick]

Blame the Russians. They hacked our elections. I bet they hacked this gun too.

[John A.]

I never saw that coming.