Hackers Can Target Medical Devices Inside Your Body, Research Finds
NPR
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
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Last week’s global hack attacked a number of health systems around the world, preventing staff from accessing patient records and delaying some care. But researchers in the U.K. and Belgium have found that implanted medical devices are also vulnerable to hacks.
Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Curt Nickisch (@CurtNickisch) of Harvard Business Review about the research.
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