Scientific data used to track and protect animals is vulnerable to hacking
Monday, February 13, 2017 - 10:31
in Biology & Nature
Like many scientists, Carleton University professor Steven Cooke tracks the animals he studies — in his case, fish. But his latest study is about the ways poachers, hunters and wild-life photographers are hacking the kind of scientific data he collects and using it to hunt or harass the animals being studied, from Banff National Park to Australia's ocean reefs.