750,000 Medtronic Defibrillators Vulnerable to Hacking

750,000 Medtronic Defibrillators Vulnerable to Hacking

As many as 750,000 heart devices made by Medtronic PLC contain a serious cybersecurity vulnerability that could let an attacker with sophisticated insider knowledge to harm a patient by altering programming on an implanted defibrillator, federal officials said today.




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