Health Watch: Can Medical Devices Be Attacked By Hackers?

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — If you feel vulnerable when you’re in the hospital it turns out you’ve got company — so is the hospital itself.

According to cyber security expert Billy Rios, of Whitescope, many medical devices, such as the IV pump, are connected wirelessly to a centralized computer network, making it easier to monitor, CBS2’s Dr. Max Gomez reported.

“It’s a medical device, but the way this thing runs it’s really just a computer,” Rios said. “By design, you’re allowing it to where someone else can control this thing remotely and do things to the pump, or do things to the device or equipment. You have to understand what you’re doing before you do this.” For the full article click here 

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