Medtronic, the world’s largest medical device company, has issued a recall of some of its insulin pumps because they can be tampered with by attackers.
About the vulnerable devices
The affected devices are insulin pumps from the MiniMed 508 and Paradigm series (more specific info here).
“The potential risks are related to the wireless communication between Medtronic’s MiniMed insulin pumps and other devices such as blood glucose meters, continuous glucose monitoring systems, the remote controller and CareLink USB device used with these pumps,” the US Food and Drug Administration noted in the recall announcement.
“The FDA is concerned that, due to cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified in the device, someone other than ..
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