As more work gets done on portable devices such as laptops, smartphones and tablets, hospitals are finding a new source of significant security vulnerabilities: the wireless network.
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Wireless tech makes hospital & patients very vulnerable to hackers
by Renee Cocchi June 7, 2012
Did you hear the story about the guy who wirelessly hacked a patient’s defibrillator to make it give a shock? He also disabled the defibrillator’s power-saving mode, causing the battery to run down in hours instead of years.
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