In the world of hypothetical cybercrime, not much is scarier than the hacked medical device. Compromised pacemakers provided a macabre sidenote to this year's Black Hat conference for hackers. It wasn't science fiction: There's ample evidence that it's possible to seize control of such implants from a distance. There's just no evidence that's ever happened.
Medical hacking poses terrifying threat, in theory
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