Medical device hijack
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medical-device-hijack-274-12994352
title:
Medical device hijack
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A medical device hijack is a type of cyber attack. The weakness they target are the medical devices of a hospital. This was covered extensively in the press in 2015 and in 2016. Medical device hijacking received additional attention in 2017. This was both a function of an increase in identified attacks globally and research released early in the year. These attacks endanger patients by allowing hackers to alter the functionality of critical devices such as implants, exposing a patient's medical
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Type of cyber attack
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_device_hijack
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2024-04-08T21:58:01Z
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