If Grandma Has a Pacemaker, Please Take Her in For a Firmware Update

The Food and Drug Administration announced today that 465,000 pacemakers installed in the US have a security vulnerability that could be exploited to make the device operate too quickly or deplete its batteries, and these devices need firmware updates to keep them from getting hacked.

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Source: Gizmodo – If Grandma Has a Pacemaker, Please Take Her in For a Firmware Update