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

[Isaac Levy]

On Aug 29, 2011, at 9:31 AM, Chris Snyder wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Isaac Levy <ike at blackskyresearch.net> wrote:
>> 
>> "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."
>> 
>> 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.

Indeed.

> 
> 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?

Not sure if this is a pleasing response, but:
"I wasn't scared, but I was up there looking around, I realised that I was sitting on a rocket with six thousand components, every one built by the low bidder."
- Alan Shepard, First American to go to Space

Rocket-
.ike