Hackers Devise Way to Remotely Shut Down Grandpa's Pacemaker

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Hackers Devise Way to Remotely Shut Down Grandpa's Pacemaker


Written by Household Hacker Saturday, 09 August 2008 03:02

Hackers have figured out a way to connect wirelessly to a pacemaker and drain the battery, or to activate a jolt of electricity strong enough to stop a heart. This can only spell bad news for the pacemaker manufacturers who will have to scramble to produce a device that is more secure than current models (currently not secure whatsoever). If you had the knowledge and discovered how to stop a pacemaker remotely, would you release that information immediately? Or would you take it to the pacemaker manufacturers first? What would you do?

Article via VentureBeat

 

[Hoffa]

Dick Cheney would be the first to know !!!!! :nod: . Then of course the manufacturers . >f

 

[skyblue]

thats so nice of them dont you think?

 

[bass_man1989]

It's all the hackers on steroids. If pacemaker users buy dogs they'll be fine.

 

[RTS54]

Very interesting.....