In Italy, not too long ago, a mob boss was shot but survived the shooting. That night, while he was in the hospital, the assassins hacked into the hospital computer and changed his medication so that he would be given a lethal injection. He was a dead man a few hours later. They then changed the medication order back to its correct form, after it had been incorrectly administered, to cover their tracks so that the nurse would be blamed for the “accident.”
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This is an interesting thought. Is cyber assassination possible and if so, is there an example of cyber assassination? The article below is what grabbed my attention and I wanted to investigate.
From what I can gather, I found these three sources for the mob boss killing, but I have yet to find a news source. If anyone can confirm or deny that this actually happened, complete with a source, I would be very interested to read it. I will also make an edit.
The other thing I wanted to do is present possible scenarios in which cyber assassination could be feasible. Below I listed several news stories of medical device security and hospitals/industrial plants being hacked. I also think the latest cyber attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities is an example of this type of hacking. So the ability to get into these sensitive and supposedly secure places in the present day is feasible.
Which leads me to my next point and that is if these things can be hacked into, then could the next step be actually causing death? A terrorist attack designed to kill many people, or an assassination of a specific individual? Food for thought. –Matt
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Cyber terrorism hits Nigeria
Saturday, September 25, 2010
(a paragraph from the article)
In Italy, not too long ago, a mob boss was shot but survived the shooting. That night, while he was in the hospital, the assassins hacked into the hospital computer and changed his medication so that he would be given a lethal injection. He was a dead man a few hours later. They then changed the medication order back to its correct form, after it had been incorrectly administered, to cover their tracks so that the nurse would be blamed for the “accident.”Story here.
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From Could A Computer Kill You?
According to the sites below, a mob boss was shot but survived. That night while he was in the hospital, the assassins hacked into the hospital computer and changed his medication so that he would be given a lethal injection. He died a few hours later.
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Expert: Hackers penetrating industrial control systems
Digging out from infrastructure attacks could take months, Joseph Weiss says
By Grant Gross
March 19, 2009
IDG News Service – The networks powering industrial control systems have been breached more than 125 times in the past decade, with one resulting in U.S. deaths, a control systems expert said Thursday.