Sabyasachi Patra
20-09-2013, 09:29 AM
Hackers seem to look for new challenges for various reasons. Now, in an unprecedented situation, a hacker from Pune had tried to hack into a radio collar placed around the neck of a tiger code named Panna-211. This tiger had been relocated from Panna to Satpura.
Taking cognisance of this incident, the Bori-Satpura tiger reserve authorities have filed an FIR to probe into the incident.
The radio collars have been designed to track the movements of the animals it is put on. It was not visualised that someone will hack into it to find out the details of the location. These information can be used to poach the animal.
Image of tigress with radio collar (antenna can be seen) is attached for representation only.
Taking cognisance of this incident, the Bori-Satpura tiger reserve authorities have filed an FIR to probe into the incident.
The radio collars have been designed to track the movements of the animals it is put on. It was not visualised that someone will hack into it to find out the details of the location. These information can be used to poach the animal.
Image of tigress with radio collar (antenna can be seen) is attached for representation only.