Europol Predicts First Online Murder By End of This Year

An anonymous reader sends this story from The Stack: The world's first "online murder" over an internet-connected device could happen by the end of this year, Europol has warned. Research carried out by the European Union's law enforcement agency has found that governments are not equipped to fight the growing threat of "online murder," as cyber criminals start to exploit internet technologies to target victims physically. The study, which was published last week, analyzed the possible physical dangers linked to cyber criminality and found that a rise in "injury and possible deaths" could be expected as computer hackers launch attacks on critical connected equipment. The assessment particularly referred to a report by IID, a U.S. security firm, which forecast that the world's first murder via a "hacked internet-connected device" would happen by the end of 2014.

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Self fulfilling prophecy

[GigaplexNZ]

Challenge accepted?

Are they saying...

[flu1d]

That monitor mounted, usb powered (web) gun wasn't the best purchase?

Bash.org

[Anonymous Coward]

The day is near when we can finally stab people in the face over the internet.

Note to self:

[Ignacio]

Do NOT Internet-enable the wheeled stabbing machine I am currently working on...

Dear doc...

[Kekke]

Please use TOR when fetching My ventilator's new firmware.
And while yer add it, pls remove the rootkit from the darn Dialysis machine. My granddaughter charged Her iPhone from it's usb port.
My blood salts have been through the roof ever since....

PS:
My wheelchair threatens to ran me off cliff, if the payment isn't complete in three days.

Hackers can turn your home computer into a BOMB

[GroeFaZ]

http://i.stack.imgur.com/sgctZ...