Security flaw: ‘Smart’ drug syringes found to be hackable

‘As if the safety and efficacy of some vaccines weren’t already in question, now technology is making syringes less safe as well.
“Smart” syringes, anyway.
As reported by the U.K.’s Daily Mail, smart syringes, which are wireless-controlled devices used to administer medications through IVs, are now subject to hacking and, thus, have become a danger to patients.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says it has found a vulnerability in an automatic syringe infusion pump that doctors, nurses, and medical staff utilize to administer medications and anesthesia in the hospital setting.
In an advisory, the department’s Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) said the there was a security flaw in one device called the Medfusion 4000 that would give hackers control over it, meaning they could ‘instruct’ the syringe to either withhold or speed up the delivery of medication. Either of those scenarios could lead to death.’
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