THREAT ALL TOO REAL: US regulators and security experts say malicious actors can gain access to medical devices ranging from pacemakers to insulin pumps, with potentially fatal results. — ©AFP/Relaxnews 2013
WASHINGTON: So far, the idea of hacking into medical devices has been limited to fiction and hacker demonstrations.
But US regulators and security experts say the threat is real: malicious actors can gain access to devices ranging from pacemakers to insulin pumps, with potentially fatal results.
