[nycbug-talk] interesting read (old pacemaker thread)

[Chris Snyder]

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Isaac Levy <ike at blackskyresearch.net> wrote:
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> "Earlier this month, Jay Radcliffe, a computer security professional who is also diabetic, showed how an attacker could remotely control insulin pumps to deliver too much or too little insulin to the individual wearing the device."
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> http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/08/medical-device-security/
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> Rocket-
> .ike
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Wow. That really pisses me off.

As in, everyone responsible for that product should be publicly
humiliated and prevented from ever working on medical devices again.
And how did it get licensed for use?