19 March 2008

Pacemakers Hacked !?!

The New York Times reports that it is possible to hack some pacemakers:
"They were able to reprogram it to shut down and to deliver jolts of electricity that would potentially be fatal — if the device had been in a person. In this case, the researcher were hacking into a device in a laboratory"
New Your Times

Imagine a heart attack toolkit being released for sale! (Ok so it would cost you an arm and a leg)
I hope these kind vulnerabilities don't become common place in future!

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