[SystemSafety] US Pacemaker Recall

[Martyn Thomas]

I imagine that many patients will opt not to bother with the upgrade,
since it carries a risk and the hack appears sufficiently hard to carry
out that most patients will have negligible danger from it.

Martyn


On 31/08/2017 14:26, Peter Bernard Ladkin wrote:
> A pacemaker model (or series of models) has been deemed vulnerable to hacking by the FDA and has
> been recalled
> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/31/hacking-risk-recall-pacemakers-patient-death-fears-fda-firmware-update
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> Almost half a million people have them implanted already. Apparently the firmware will be updated, I
> imagine by radio.
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