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Health Related Forums => Health News and Events => Topic started by: Admin on March 12, 2008, 08:07:13 AM

Title: A Heart Device Is Found Vulnerable to Hacker Attacks
Post by: Admin on March 12, 2008, 08:07:13 AM
To the long list of objects vulnerable to attack by computer hackers, add the human heart.

The threat seems largely theoretical. But a team of computer security researchers plans to report Wednesday that it had been able to gain wireless access to a combination heart defibrillator and pacemaker.

They were able to reprogram it to shut down and to deliver jolts of electricity that would potentially be fatal — if the device had been in a person. In this case, the researcher were hacking into a device in a laboratory.

Read the full story (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/business/12heart-web.html?ref=business)
Dr.Mahdi
Title: Re: A Heart Device Is Found Vulnerable to Hacker Attacks
Post by: MuslimDoc on March 13, 2008, 12:28:59 AM
Interesting news.

So this means, if someone hack this device he can control the heart beat of the person (Standby Restart or even Shutdown)!!!

Hope that will not happen!
MuslimDoc