Bugs in heart implants can be used to deliver shocks, experts say
Security experts have backed claims that flaws in heart implants made by St Jude Medical can be used to deliver electric shocks.
Security experts have backed claims that flaws in heart implants made by St Jude Medical can be used to deliver electric shocks.
Animas, a Johnson & Johnson company and the maker of the OneTouch Ping wireless insulin pump, is warning its diabetic users that flaws in communications between the device and a remote blood glucose meter, could be used to trigger an unauthorized insulin injection. If that injection were not stopped in time, it could cause the wearer to experience a hypoglycemic reaction.
A maker of cardiac devices is suing two firms it accuses of falsely claiming its products could be hacked to further a short-selling scheme.