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Medtronic urgently recalls insulin pump controllers over hacking concerns
2021-10-06 14:48

Medtronic is urgently recalling remote controllers for insulin pumps belonging to the 'MiniMed Paradigm' family of products, due to severe cybersecurity risks. The controllers that should be returned to the vendor are models MMT-500 and MMT-503, used with Medtronic MiniMed 508 insulin pump and the MiniMed Paradigm family of insulin pumps.

Vulnerabilities in Medtronic Product Can Allow Hackers to Control Cardiac Devices
2020-12-15 15:15

Vulnerabilities discovered in Medtronic's MyCareLink Smart 25000 Patient Reader product could be exploited to take control of a paired cardiac device. Designed to obtain information from a patient's implanted cardiac device, the MCL Smart Patient Reader then sends the data to the Medtronic CareLink network, to facilitate care management, through the patient's mobile device.

Medtronic Patches Implanted Device, CareLink Programmer Bugs
2020-02-04 17:53

The medical device giant said in an advisory last week that at issue is the proprietary Medtronic Conexus radio frequency wireless telemetry protocol that the devices use for remote monitoring of a patient's implanted cardiac device. While most of the affected products are still awaiting fixes, Medtronic has now issued patches for all models of the Brava and Viva lines of CRT-D devices; and bugs in the Evera, Evera MRI, Mirro MRI and Primo MRI lines of ICDs.

Medtronic Releases Patches for Cardiac Device Flaws Disclosed in 2018, 2019
2020-02-03 19:08

Medical device company Medtronic informed customers last week that it has released patches for some cardiac device vulnerabilities disclosed in 2018 and 2019. One of the advisories, initially published in March 2019 by both CISA and Medtronic, covers vulnerabilities affecting the Medtronic Conexus radio frequency wireless telemetry protocol used by some of the company's implantable cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators.

US-CERT warns of critical flaws in Medtronic equipment
2019-11-13 12:06

Medtronic's latest problem is in their Valleylab electrosurgical generators used by surgeons things like cauterisation during operations.

DHS Warns of Critical Flaws in Medtronic Medical Devices
2019-11-08 19:19

Critical vulnerabilities impacting Medtronic Valleylab products could allow attackers to overwrite files and achieve remote code execution, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warns. read more

Medtronic rushes to replace insulin pumps after flaws found
2019-07-02 10:01

Medtronic is immediately recalling of all MiniMed 508 & Paradigm insulin pumps after researchers uncovered serious security flaws.

Scumbags can program vulnerable MedTronic insulin pumps over the air to murder diabetics – insecure kit recalled
2019-06-28 21:35

Not a particularly sweet ending to the week Health implant maker MedTronic is recalling some of its insulin pumps following the discovery of security vulnerabilities in the equipment that can be...

Some Medtronic Insulin Pumps Vulnerable to Hacker Attacks
2019-06-28 16:49

Medtronic and the US government have warned that some Medtronic MiniMed insulin pumps are vulnerable to hacker attacks that can have serious consequences for their thousands of users. read more

FDA Warns of Potentially Fatal Flaws in Medtronic Insulin Pumps
2019-06-28 15:14

The FDA sent out an urgent advisory warning of serious flaws in Medtronic's insulin pumps, which are used by thousands across the U.S.