The Advent of Technical Medicine – and Hacks!
Today, Black Hat 2013 is wrapping up in Las Vegas, concluding a week of presentations on security and technology. Two presentations, in particular, were important to note because of the potential direct effect their subject matter can have on the lives of their users. The first, a vulnerability in pacemakers that allows the device to be disabled from distance. The second, a talk on the ways hackers are, and can, work with the FDA to safely and securely disclose vulnerabilities that they find in medical equipment. Technology is infecting the medical industry. That cannot be denied. WiFi compatible pills...
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