你信嗎? 黑客可以從腦電波中猜到密碼!

Researchers have revealed that brainwaves can be used to steal online passwords.

研究人員已經揭露，人類的腦電波可能會被利用來竊取網絡密碼。

A team at the University of Alabama at Birmingham found brainwave-sensing headsets, also known as EEG or electroencephalograph headsets, put users at risk.

伯明翰阿拉巴馬大學的一個研究團隊發現，腦電波耳機會（或稱之爲EEG、腦電圖耳機）使用戶處於巨大風險之中。

They have become commonplace both as medical devices but also as game controllers, ranging in price from $150 to $800.

這些儀器在醫療器械和遊戲控制器中很普遍，價格從150美元到800美元不等。

'These emerging devices open immense opportunities for everyday users,' said Nitesh Saxena, Ph.D., associate professor in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences Department of Computer and Information Sciences.

阿拉巴馬大學藝術科學學院計算機與信息科學系副教授尼泰什·賽克森納博士表示：“這些新設備爲普通用戶帶來了巨大的機會。”

'However, they could also raise significant security and privacy threats as companies work to develop even more advanced brain-computer interface technology.'

“但是隨着企業開發更加先進的腦機接口技術，它們也可能會引發重大的安全和隱私威脅。”

The team found that a person who paused a video game and logged into a bank account while wearing an EEG headset was at risk for having their passwords or other sensitive data stolen by a malicious software program.

該團隊發現，對於那些佩戴腦電圖耳機、暫停遊戲並登陸銀行賬戶的人來說，他們就存在着被惡意軟件竊取密碼或其他敏感數據的風險。

Saxena and his team used one EEG headset currently available to consumers online and one clinical-grade headset used for scientific research to demonstrate how easily a malicious software program could passively eavesdrop on a user's brainwaves.

賽克森納和他團隊使用了兩種腦波設備--一種能在網上買到，另一種則是用於科學研究的臨牀級別設備，從而展示惡意軟件是多麼輕鬆地就能被動竊取用戶的腦電波。

While typing, a user's inputs correspond with their visual processing, as well as hand, eye and head muscle movements. All these movements are captured by EEG headsets.

在打字的時候，用戶的輸入是與視覺處理以及手、眼和頭部肌肉的運動相一致的。而所有這些動作都能被腦電圖耳機捕捉到。