The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has updated cybersecurity warnings on multiple Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) programmer products due to a variety of errors occurring with the devices. The devices that DHS warned about include the Medtronic 2090 CareLink programmer, 29901 Encore programmer, MyCareLink monitor and the CareLink monitor. All warnings are updates on previous advisories from […]
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Certain GE Healthcare patient-monitoring devices vulnerable to cyberattack
The federal government and GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) announced today that the certain of the company’s patient monitoring devices are vulnerable to cyberattack. If attacked, some versions of the Carescape and ApexPro telemetry servers, the Carescape Central Station version 1 and Central Information Center systems could stop monitoring patients, silence alarms or produce unnecessary alarms during […]
BD drug-dispensing cabinets vulnerable to cyberattack
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said yesterday that certain Becton Dickinson Pyxis medication-dispensing cabinets are vulnerable to unauthorized users within a local hospital network. The Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based company said it reported the vulnerability to federal officials. The weakness would have allowed someone with the expired credentials to access patient data and medications. The […]