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Hackers could access medical equipment and pose a threat to lives, Northeastern cybersecurity expert tells Congress. (news.northeastern.edu)
submitted 17 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Much of the medical equipment in use today — from patient monitors to infusion pumps — can be targets for hackers, according to Kevin Fu, a Northeastern professor of electrical and computer engineering and medical cybersecurity expert.

And the threats to human lives are very real, Fu says.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

Sure, just remember the S in IoT stands for security and IoT devices are just embedded devices connected to the internet.

And the Medical industry is the proof for the rule.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe we should NOT PUT LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT ON AN INTERNET CONNECTED NETWORK.

Have an internal monitoring network for a nurses station sure, but why the fuck do we need a heart monitor or infusion pump online?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

They rich special equipment won't just the stuff for the poors will.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 14 hours ago

Honestly these machines and the computers that connect to them should all be in networks isolated from the main hospital networks. Allow a single secure connection for them to relay data to the wider network and allow nothing in.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Hasn't this been the case since the computerization of hospitals? Haven't there been many ransomware attacks against hospitals?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago

yes, but this time it will be properly dismissed as "fake news"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

yeah i have friends who are medical technicians, and i’ve heard some things

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

These are connected medical devices like insulin pumps

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

The company I work for has locations throughout the US and I don't think has ever been hacked. While they are not perfect, individual devices are not exposed to the internet! I think that's pretty basic...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Backdoors for thee but not for me? I imagine what they call hackers would probably end up making the equipment software better.