Read More: Is the Wi-Fi Available On Airplanes Safe to Use?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nHow Do You Hack an Insulin Pump?
\n<\/strong>Insulin pumps are used to help diabetic people control their blood sugar. These pumps are worn on the body, usually underneath clothes, and deliver insulin through a catheter. Used predominantly by people with Type 1 diabetes, these pumps can receive dosage instructions through a wireless remote. A hacker would have to use a radio frequency monitor to zero in on the particular pump they were targeting. They could then theoretically repeat the command to deliver a dose multiple times, causing the pump to administer dangerous and even fatal levels of insulin. According to the manufacturer of the OneTouch pump, someone would need to be within 25 feet of the pump and would need to possess sophisticated technical equipment to accomplish this.<\/p>\nShould We Worry?
\n<\/strong>Experts in the healthcare and medical device industries say that while the possibility exists, it is highly unlikely that someone would break into another person\u2019s insulin pump for the purpose of harming them. So far, there are no known incidents of any insulin pumps \u2014 or other medical devices \u2014 being hacked maliciously. IT security isn\u2019t typically something a doctor or medical device manufacturer would need to understand. In today\u2019s world, however, this knowledge gap between the healthcare industry and the tech it uses creates an unignorable risk.<\/p>\nHow Can Medical Device Security be Improved?
\n<\/strong>Department of Defense hospitals have already addressed the medical device security threat by requiring that all implanted devices must comply with DIACAP (Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process), a risk management protocol for information systems. This means that all of their networked devices are subject to mandatory security evaluations. Perhaps civilian hospitals will follow suit in the near future. Going forward, Johnson & Johnson has said that they will incorporate security features into any future devices manufactured under their name. Additionally, the company has been working alongside the FDA to develop guidelines for medical device cybersecurity.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hacking an insulin pump? Turns out, this disturbing possibility is a real threat. Here\u2019s how insulin pumps can be hacked and what\u2019s being done about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[306,2736,1853,603,3609],"class_list":["post-5480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","tag-app4","tag-hack","tag-hacked","tag-health","tag-insulin-pump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}