Ethical Hacker Charlie Miller has find a way to hack the MacBook using the battery.
"Laptop battery contains its own monitoring circuit which reports the status of the battery to the OS. It also ensure that the battery does not overcharge even when the laptop is turned off." Digitizor report reads.
He identified the battery chips are shipped with default password. It means the hacker who finds the default password and learns to control the firmware is able to control them to do anything he wants.
"You could put a whole hard drive in, reinstall the software, flash the BIOS, and every time it would reattack and screw you over. There would be no way to eradicate or detect it other than removing the battery." Digitizor quoted as Miller saying.
"Laptop battery contains its own monitoring circuit which reports the status of the battery to the OS. It also ensure that the battery does not overcharge even when the laptop is turned off." Digitizor report reads.
He identified the battery chips are shipped with default password. It means the hacker who finds the default password and learns to control the firmware is able to control them to do anything he wants.
"You could put a whole hard drive in, reinstall the software, flash the BIOS, and every time it would reattack and screw you over. There would be no way to eradicate or detect it other than removing the battery." Digitizor quoted as Miller saying.