Hackers that got killed

The information security world is a dark world where a lot of connections are made. These dark worlds often operate in the day light. You do not see them – but they do see you. In the years of hacking some hackers could have been forced to leave the earth.
In this article we will show you some hackers and whistleblower that may have been killed because they were doing something right.

Barnaby Jack famous for prompting firms to rectify problems uncovered by his hacking

A prominent hacker who discovered a way to have automatic teller machines spit out cash and was set to deliver a talk about hacking pacemakers and other wireless implantable medical devices died in San Francisco.
Barnaby Jack died at his home in San Francisco Thursday, although the cause of death is still under investigation, San Francisco deputy coroner Kris Barbrich said.
Jack, who was in his mid-30s, was scheduled to speak on Wednesday at a security conference in Las Vegas. The headline of his talk was, "Implantable Medical Devices: Hacking Humans," according to a synopsis on the Black Hat conference website. Jack had planned to demonstrate his techniques to hack into pacemakers and implanted defibrillators. He said last week that he could kill a man from nine metres away by attacking an implanted heart device.

Gareth Williams: Codebreaker

The body of Gareth Williams, a codebreaker with MI6, was discovered stuffed into a sports bag in his bathtub on 23 August 2010, though he's believed to have been killed on 15 August.
 Williams had just returned to London on 11 August after spending six weeks in the United States, where he attended the annual Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas as part of a contingent of British spies, according to witnesses who spoke at the inquest. He attended Black Hat in 2008 as well.

Anton Sinclair: Harvard hacker

Mr. Anton Sinclair's body was found early morning on Saturday, July 21st in a 'by-the-hour' hotel in the lower Bronx area.
The coroner estimates the actual time of death to have been between Thursday mid-day and Thursday midnight. The cause of death has been identified as instantaneous via a self-inflicted gunshot with a sawed-off shotgun.
Mr. Sinclair, who was recently identified in this newspaper as being the alleged leader responsible behind the failed hack attempt on Harvard university has been battling depression for a significant time, it may now be revealed.
As part of his treatment, he was given the drug Rylkacyl. Rylkacyl, a product of Haven Pharmaceuticals, has been in the news repeatedly since its introduction in the early 1990's - not least of which as being blamed for the tragic suicide of Seatle-based musician Kurt Cobain, lead singer of the grunge-band Nirvana.

To all these people we wish them rest and to the family of these persons we wish you all a lot of strength. R.I.P.