[SystemSafety] US Pacemaker Recall

[Peter Bernard Ladkin]

A pacemaker model (or series of models) has been deemed vulnerable to hacking by the FDA and has
been recalled
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/31/hacking-risk-recall-pacemakers-patient-death-fears-fda-firmware-update

Almost half a million people have them implanted already. Apparently the firmware will be updated, I
imagine by radio.

PBL

Prof. Peter Bernard Ladkin, Bielefeld, Germany
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