` WASHINGTON - Coco looks and acts like a cat - and hackers could exploit that.
Gene Bransfield, a principal security engineer at Tenacity Solutions, Inc., in Reston, Virginia, outfitted the Siamese cat with a custom-made collar that mapped dozens of neighbors` Wi-Fi networks.
As reported in Wired, Bransfield outfitted a cat collar with a Spark Core chip loaded with his custom-coded firmware, a Wi-Fi card, a tiny GPS module, and a battery.
The customized collar allowed Bransfield to map all the Wi-Fi networks in the neighborhood, which could also be done by a home intruder or a person intent on stealing a home`s Wi-Fi.
The project was jokingly entitled `War Kitteh,` and Branfield`s presentation at last weekend`s DefCon hacker conference in Las Vegas was entitled `How to Weaponize Your Pets.` `
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