FOXNews (March 12, 2008)
A hundred thousand people in America alone have new pacemakers.
- Good news:
The new pacemakers transmit data to bedside monitors, cutting down on the number of checkups needed - Bad news:
The data is unencrypted, and contains personal information, like birth date, medical ID number and, sometimes, Social Security number - Worse news:
The system can be hacked. Then,- The right signal might be blocked
- A wrong signal sent to the pacemaker
- Either way, it's bad for the patient
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