On: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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This story reminded me a bit about the death of UK hacker Gareth Willams[0], who worked for the secret service.

[0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Gareth_Williams

[dotBen → wsc981]

Not really beyond a) they both died and b) they both worked in the field of security. Any further comparison is a little contrived.

Gareth Williams was never a hacker - he was an academic mathematician who later became employed by GCHQ. Unlike Barnaby's death, neither alcohol or drugs played any part in his death.

The circumstances around William's passing is legitimately suspicious, however, given the 'ritualistic placing of sim cards' and the fact that no one has been able to prove it is possible to lock oneself in the sports holdal from the inside.

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"Gym bag" was a suspicious death ("we've shown he couldn't have died in this way, but this is how he died", basically). Barnaby Jack really wasn't.