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Mar 28 2008

Heart Device Hacked

Published by NO under News

This is a pretty amazing story. A device that uses electrical shocks to ensure a regular heartbeat was hacked to prove it was unsafe. Scientists were able to retrieve and change information in the defibrillator through the device’s wireless connection. Why would such a device have a wireless connection?! So that doctors could change data without surgery. You would think this would be something they would have though about…

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