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Keeping Pacemakers Safe From Hackers

Posted by samzenpus on from the blackest-of-black-hats dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control have now developed a scheme for protecting implantable medical devices against wireless attacks. The approach relies on using ultrasound waves to determine the exact distance between a medical device and the wireless reader attempting to communicate with it." I had no idea that things have gotten so bad that hearts are being hacked.

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  1. Hacking hearts by devnullkac · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I could hack her heart, she'd really love me...

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    1. Re:Hacking hearts by spun · · Score: 5, Funny

      You keep your filthy talk to yourself, mister!

      Hey, now, that's unfair. I know Angina, she's a talented thespian with a very fine epidermis.

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    2. Re:Hacking hearts by jayme0227 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hey, now, that's unfair. I know Angina, she's a talented thespian with a very fine epidermis.

      What does her sexual orientation have to do with anything? You homophobic or something?

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  2. No Locked Hardware! by gedrin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Think anyone will complain that they won't be able to have full access to the hardware they purchased?

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  3. I can see it now... by Abstrackt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Someday, some geek will try to overclock his artificial heart...

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  4. 63 comments and still.. by StikyPad · · Score: 5, Funny

    This gives a whole new meaning to heart attack.

    Someone had to say it.

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  5. Oblig by Maelwryth · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't go hacking my heart
    I could if I tried
    Honey please forget my wireless
    Baby I'm not that kind
    Don't go hacking my heart
    You take the beat out of me
    Honey when you knocked on my port
    My heart gave you my key
    Nobody knows it
    When I was down
    I was your pawn
    Nobody knows it
    Right from the start
    You stopped my heart
    You stopped my heart
    So don't go hacking my heart
    I won't go hacking your heart
    Don't go hacking my heart


    On a slighly different note. I wonder if Captain Crunch could freak an ear implant?

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