The research was published as a report by Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab in alliance with the UK’s University of Oxford Functional Neurosurgery Group.
According to the report ‘The Memory Market: Preparing for a future where cyber-threats target your past’, radical threats may not be a reality in the near future, but the vulnerabilities already exist in the form of brain implants, which are used to learn more about memories.
These implants come with connected software and hardware that can be potentially exploited by cyberattackers.