A Computer security expert in France recently engaged in a very disturbing demonstration when showing that it was possible to hack into a remote heart pacemaker.The researcher in a controlled and properly supervised experiment provided only with a laptop was able to send several volleys of 830 volts, which, if it had been worn by a human being would have caused a heart attack.
Of course confidential data from pacemakers distributors has to be obtained. However if such data is obtained by covert means, it is possible to implement a software to corrupt or disrupt the normal operation of the medical device thus causing a heart attack
This type of experiment in 'anonymous assassination' points to the urgency for technological prevention of such an act.
Source Le Monde
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