From: The Daily Beast
Concerns about the potential vulnerability of medical devices are getting the attention of regulators, health-care providers, and manufacturers.
Jay Radcliffe breaks into medical devices for a living, testing for vulnerabilities as a security researcher. He’s also a diabetic, and gives himself insulin injections instead of relying on an automated insulin pump, which he says could be hacked.
“I’d rather stab myself six times a day with a needle and syringe,” Radcliffe recently told security experts meeting near Washington, D.C. “At this point, those devices are not up to standard.”
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Radcliffe made headlines in 2011 by showing a hackers’ convention how he could exploit a vulnerability in his insulin pump that might enable an attacker to manipulate the amount of insulin pumped to produce a potentially fatal reaction. Now he talks about going without a pump to raise awareness about the potential for security lapses and the need for better engineering.
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