Can Neuralink's brain chip be hacked?

According to Nolan Arbaugh, the first person to have a Neuralink brain chip implanted, shared with American podcaster Joe Rogan that this could happen. However, hacking the brain chip at this time will not have much effect.

Nolan Arbaugh said that if someone wants to hack the Neuralink brain chip implanted in his brain, they must connect to a computer. They could then see some of the brain signals and data that Neuralink was collecting, who could then control Nolan Arbaugh's cursor on the screen and make him look at strange things.

Nolan Arbaugh is completely paralyzed due to a spinal cord injury. Implanting Neuralink's chip into his brain in January 2024 helped him regain control and interact with digital devices with his thoughts. Thanks to this chip, he can now use brain signals to play laptop games such as online chess.

Neuralink's brain chip is only the size of a coin. Once implanted, it allows users to remotely control the device with just their thoughts (Photo: Neuralink)

Neuralink's system, called Link, uses 1,024 electrodes on 64 "threads" thinner than a human hair to record nerve signals.