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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Medtronic Inc has asked software security experts to investigate the safety of its insulin pumps, as a new claim surfaced that at least one of its devices could be hacked to dose diabetes patients with potentially lethal amounts of insulin.
While there are no known examples of such a cyber attack on a medical device, Medtronic told Reuters that it was doing "everything it can" to address the security flaws.
Security software maker McAfee, which is trying to build a business around healthcare equipment, exposed the new vulnerability in one model of the Medtronic Paradigm insulin pump on Friday and believes there could be similar risks in others.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/25/us-medtronic-cybersecurity-idUKTRE79O8EP20111025
While there are no known examples of such a cyber attack on a medical device, Medtronic told Reuters that it was doing "everything it can" to address the security flaws.
Security software maker McAfee, which is trying to build a business around healthcare equipment, exposed the new vulnerability in one model of the Medtronic Paradigm insulin pump on Friday and believes there could be similar risks in others.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/25/us-medtronic-cybersecurity-idUKTRE79O8EP20111025