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What are the chances that someone would actually doing the hacking? I don't see any monetary reason to do so. Maybe that's one reason why we haven't seen many r
by bhartzer 13y ago
What are the chances that someone would actually doing the hacking? I don't see any monetary reason to do so. Maybe that's one reason why we haven't seen many reports of people hacking medical devices?
- kamkazemoose 13y agoIt could be done as a murder for hire, or as a terrorist event. It's possible some hackers would do it 'for the lulz' or maybe they just want to test out a hack and accidentally go to far, though these are more unlikely. And there is also extortion, maybe you find everyone that has a vulnerable pacemaker, and demand they pay you or else you stop their heart. Criminals are clever, if they find a way to attack people they can often exploit it.
- bhartzer 13y agoI know they can do it, but how many times has it been tried or actually reportedly been done?
- DanBC 13y agoBob is on a medical device. It take readings (which it hides from him) and provides medication at a rate which is set by someone else. Every few weeks / months Bob needs to see a doctor w o enters a password, retrieves the data, and makes changes to the settings. Bob feels that the $DISEASE community can help him interpret the data and tweak the settings and Bob could then reduce doctor visits to once every six months. Ann is an undisclosed drug addict and wishes to hack her morphine pump to supply more than she is currently getting. Etc
- mutagen 13y agoCollateral damage from a poorly designed worm would be one thing I'd worry about. We've seen multiple vector attacks, I could imagine one gaining a foothold within the network and another component of the attack interfering with medical devices.