NEJM: Improving the Security and Privacy of Implantable Medical Devices

Researchers from Medical Device Safety Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at University of Washington, Seattle just published an article in the latest New England Journal of Medicine suggesting technological and regulatory actions that they hope will increase the security of implantable medical devices. As has been reported earlier, implantable pacemakers, defibrillators, and similar devices are subject to wireless hacking that may influence their functionality. Although a lip smacking target for devious hackers, an actual event where a person’s implant was interfered with is yet to be reported.
NEJM: Improving the Security and Privacy of Implantable Medical Devices…
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