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Don't have a heart attack but your implanted defibrillator can be hacked over the air (by someone who really wants you dead)
2019-03-22 00:25

US govt sounds alarm over wireless comms, caveats apply Medical gear maker Medtronic is once again at the center of a hacker panic storm. This time, a number of its heart defibrillators, implanted in patients' chests, can, in certain circumstances, be wirelessly hijacked and reprogrammed, perhaps to lethal effect.…


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