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The fulltext of the article in question appears below the bump, from the link here: Hackers Next Target - Your Brain?

The only response I can think of to this article is that if hackers "can't be that far behind," what does that say about the multi-billion dollar neuroscience industry?

Think about it - if hackers are not "that far behind," without all of the grant money, without the sponsorship and benefits that universities and institutions provide researchers and inventors in the neuroscience industry, why are taxes being spent, and corporations wasting money on a research structure that's so inefficient?

Why not just get a couple hackers to help figure it out?

Personally, I think this article exists to keep readers fearful of that which they do not understand.

It's not like any non-criminal hacker would not show any non-hacker how complicated, technical things are done, and it's not like there's really anything that's beyond breaking, or finding alternate uses for.

As such, the criminal exploitation of almost anything will continue, as well as the non-criminal. The only thing left to be concerned with is who can afford to hire the people who know how to exploit new and up-and-coming technologies?

And why aren't we concerned with those that can afford to do so?

Hackers' Next Target - Your Brain?
Updated: Saturday, 11 Jul 2009, 2:51 PM EDT
Published : Saturday, 11 Jul 2009, 2:27 PM EDT

By MIKE BRODY
(MYFOX NATIONAL) - In the past year, researchers have developed technology that makes it possible to use thoughts to operate a computer and maneuver a wheelchair . Another new device reportedly can convert brain waves into data and transmit the data via wireless technology into the minds of other wearers of the device.

These technological advances seem like exciting breakthroughs for researchers, but some scientists are concerned that "brain hacking" or "mind hijacking" is a real possibility that needs to be taken seriously.

"Neural devices are innovating at an extremely rapid rate and hold tremendous promise for the future," computer security expert Tadayoshi Kohno of the University of Washington told Wired.com . "But if we don't start paying attention to security, we're worried that we might find ourselves in five or 10 years saying we've made a big mistake."

At last month's World Science Festival in New York , leading neuroscientists described how far we've come in our ability to peer into people's minds. Some experts think the hackers can't be far behind.

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