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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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      - None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
  2. 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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