5$ 'poison tap' hacks locked computers

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A developer has created a $5 (£4) device that can hack into an unattended computer even with a locked screen.

The tool called Poison Tap can break into a password-protected computer if the user has left an internet browser running in the background.

The attacker can then remotely use the victim's web accounts undetected.

Samy Kamkar, who has made a YouTube video showing what happens when it breaks into a computer, created the device on a Raspberry Pi microcomputer.

He demonstrated it working on a Macintosh computer, but indicated that it would work on other platforms.

Poison Tap plugs into the target computer's USB port and once there it pretends to be the internet and hijacks traffic.[...]

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