The increasing popularity of devices using software and wireless communications has created a rising risk that hackers might reprogram devices to make them work improperly, cardiologists say.
Tag: pacemakers
Health Canada reviewing fix to protect pacemakers from hackers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved new firmware designed to correct a potential cybersecurity vulnerability that could theoretically allow unauthorized access to pacemakers implanted in patients. CBC | Health News
End of pacemakers? Heart pills ‘have almost HALVED risk of sudden death’
HEART pills have almost halved the risk of sudden death in less than two decades making pacemakers unnecessary for thousands of British patients, say scientists. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Pacemakers are far more vulnerable to hacking than we thought
Back in January, the FDA has finally acknowledged that some pacemakers and other cardiac devices are vulnerable to hacking. But how vulnerable are they, exactly? A security company called WhiteScope has discovered 8,000 bugs that hackers can exploit in pacemaker programmers — the tools used to adjust and monitor the device itself — from four […]
Radio-controlled pacemakers aren’t as hard to hack as you (may) think
Enlarge (credit: US Food and Drug Administration) Pacemakers are devices that are implanted in the chest or abdomen to control life-threatening heartbeat abnormalities. Once they’re in place, doctors use radio signals to adjust the pacemakers so that additional major surgeries aren’t required. A study recently found that pacemakers from the four major manufacturers contain security […]
