The U.S. Justice Dept. (DOJ) announced today that it filed a two-count indictment charging former Stimwave CEO Laura Perryman, claiming a scheme around the company’s neuromodulation technology. Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of […]
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Chinese company faces federal charges in ‘fake’ N95 respirator case
A Chinese manufacturer has been charged with producing and exporting to the United States nearly half a million misbranded and defective masks that falsely purported to be N95 respirators, the federal government reported. King Year Packaging and Printing Co. Ltd. (King Year) faces three counts of violating the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) […]
Report: FBI probes what J&J knew about uterine surgery device
Report: Hackers targeted medtech execs’ emails
(Reuters) — Security researchers say they have uncovered a cyber espionage ring focused on stealing corporate secrets for the purpose of gaming the stock market, in an operation that has compromised sensitive data about dozens of publicly held companies.
FBI: Medical devices unprepared for new era of cyber attacks
Medical devices and other hospital and healthcare systems need some serious security upgrades to weather the coming onslaught of malicious hacking, according to the FBI’s Cyber Division.
With an impending deadline to shift to electronic medical records, which fetch a high price on the black market, healthcare systems are an increasingly alluring target for cyber-criminals.
