In a real-world scenario, the researchers foresee a game that is specially tailored by hackers to extract sensitive information from your brain. Using a commercial off-the-shelf brain-computer interface, the researchers have shown that it’s possible to hack your brain, forcing you to reveal information that you’d rather keep secret. software, which processes your brain activity and tries to work out what you’re trying to do (turn left, double click, open box, etc.) Universities of Oxford and Geneva, and the University of California, Berkeley — created a custom program that was specially designed with the sole purpose of finding out sensitive data, such as the location of your home, your debit card PIN, which bank you use, and your date of birth. To extract this information, the researchers rely on what’s known as the P300 response — a very specific brainwave pattern. The researchers basically designed a program that flashes up pictures of maps, banks, and card PINs, and makes a note every time your brain experiences a P300.
