Technology Nerd » Pacemaker Hack http://tnerd.com (Technology, as it happens, When it happens!) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:27:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Pacemaker Now Hackable, Puts 3 Million people at risk or does it? http://tnerd.com/2008/08/09/pacemaker-now-hackable-puts-3-million-people-at-risk-or-does-it/ http://tnerd.com/2008/08/09/pacemaker-now-hackable-puts-3-million-people-at-risk-or-does-it/#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:24:17 +0000 Abbas http://tnerd.com/?p=1137 Pacemaker HackableA team of students and researches lead by Kevin Fu, an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and director of the Medical Device Security Center, figured out how a can be accessed remotely for all the wrong reasons.
A uses batteries to send electrical impulses to the heart to help it pump properly. An electrode is placed next to the heart wall and small electrical charges travel through the wire to the heart. – americanheart.org

There is nothing to panic about, at least not yet as the technique of having unauthorised access remains with the people (researchers and students) who would not use it to harm anyone.

was probably never on a hackers list, but after this news hit the media I am sure it will attract a lot of unwanted attention.

Some things in life are better unexplained!

Read more at Venturebeat.

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