Pacemaker hack can kill via laptop

PC World
Oct 21, 2012, 11:44 am157 pts
Pacemakers from several manufacturers can be commanded to deliver a deadly, 830-volt shock from someone on a laptop up to 50 feet away, the result of poor software programming by medical device companies. The new research comes from Barnaby Jack of security vendor IOActive, known for his analysis of other…

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