Anthony Levandowski, self driving car whiz who fell from grace

Re:Anthony Levandowski, self driving car whiz who fell from ... by justboxing on Thursday September 28, 2017 @02:06PM (#15359434)

> Perhaps jihadis will not be able to hack them in such a way as to take remote control.

That is wishful thinking. Islamic State has been very successful in recruiting and radicalizing young english speaking hackers in Europe -- mostly in Britain (children of Pakistani immigrants), Belgium (2nd generation Moroccans) and France (descendants of french-algerian immigrants).

Here's one that I know of. British-Pakistani hacker Junnaid Hussain => See "Here’s how the military tracked down and killed the top hacker for ISIS" http://www.businessinsider.com/isis-hacker-trick-found-2016-...

> Hussain, a high profile recruiter for ISIS who hacked CENTCOM’s Twitter and YouTube accounts, was considered the second ranked British jihadi behind Mohammed Emwazi (Jihadi John). Hussain was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Syria in August 2015.

Source: http://www.foreigndesknews.com/world/middle-east/isis-hacker...

Junaid was know for his hacking skills, he used to publish "Kill Lists" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junaid_Hussain

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Re:Anthony Levandowski, self driving car whiz who fell from ... by icebraining on Thursday September 28, 2017 @06:08PM (#15361170)

So, he essentially tricked some social media manager into giving him a password (probably the same used for both). That's even weaker than I expected.

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Re:Anthony Levandowski, self driving car whiz who fell from ... by sadlyNess on Friday September 29, 2017 @12:03PM (#15366477)

Read you some Kevin Mitnick. 'Social engineering' as he calls it is very effective as an intrusion technique.

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