Hacker Shows How To Fabricate Death Records

wiredmikey writes: Hackers the Def Con gathering in Las Vegas on Friday got schooled in how to be online "killers." A rush to go digital with the process of registering deaths has made it simple for maliciously minded folks to have someone who is alive declared dead by the authorities. The process of having someone officially stamped dead by getting a death certificate issued typically involves a doctor filling out one form and a funeral home filling out another, according to Rock's research. Once forms are submitted online, certificates declaring the listed person legally dead are generated. A fatal flaw in the system is that people can easily pose as real doctors and funeral directors.

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Find a cooperative public servant and have them declare someone dead.

It's a lot easier than you think it is.

Particularly if you find someone in the police or otherwise having access to police records, all you have to do is fabricate a missing persons report older than 2556 days (7 years), leave it open, and the High Court will issue a presumption of death hence authorising the issuance of a death certificate with no proof of death (ie a body) required.

(EW 2013 C. 13 Section 2)

Then you don't just fuck up their credit score, you wipe their entire digital fingerprint.