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  1. July 29th, 2015, 01:34 PM #1
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    Default Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target

    What next? An interesting story on the possibility of hacking this rifle.



    Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target

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    http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers...change-target/

    Since TrackingPoint launched in 2011, the company has sold more than a thousand of its high-end, Linux-power rifles with a self-aiming system.


    In the video demonstration for WIRED at a West Virginia firing range, Auger first took a shot with the unaltered rifle and, using the TrackingPoint rifle’s aiming mechanism, hit a bullseye on his first attempt. Then, with a laptop connected to the rifle via Wi-Fi, Sandvik invisibly altered the variable in the rifle’s ballistic calculations that accounted for the ammunition’s weight, changing it from around .4 ounces to a ludicrous 72 pounds. “You can set it to whatever crazy value you want and it will happily accept it,” says Sandvik.
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  2. July 29th, 2015, 01:46 PM #2
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    Default Re: Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target

    Right and if you disable the wi-fi no hacking can be done. Just like the cars.
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  3. August 4th, 2015, 08:01 AM #3
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    Default Re: Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target

    Lol, this is funny. It's a stupid rifle and system to begin with.
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    Default Re: Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target

    Quote Originally Posted by Tomcat088 View Post
    Lol, this is funny. It's a stupid rifle and system to begin with.
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  5. August 4th, 2015, 09:04 AM #5
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    Default Re: Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target

    This just in.

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    Default Re: Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target

    2 words

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    Default Re: Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target

    Quote Originally Posted by daschnoz View Post
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    Default Re: Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target

    Sheesh, I'm still trying to figure out how to hack my own rifle to hit the targets.
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