Computer security experts uncover vulnerability in insulin pumps

[Northerner]

In the news today, but thought I would also put this here as well.

Insulin pumps and other wireless medical devices may be vulnerable to software attacks, security experts noted at a computer security conference in Las Vegas today.

http://www.massdevice.com/news/diab...y-experts-uncover-vulnerability-insulin-pumps

 

[tracey w]

😱

Scary thought, but why would anyone want to tamper with something like this, beggars belief

 

[rothomps]

The good news is, the guy trying to crack the pump/cgm link failed. He quotes -
After investing months of spare time and an immense amount of caffeine, I have not accomplished my mission. The journey, however, has been an immeasurable learning experience - from propriety protocols to hardware interfacing-and I will focus on the ups and downs of this project, including the technical issues, the lessons learned, and information discovered