Pacemaker controllers still vulnerable 18 months after flaws reported

A popular brand of heart pacemaker is still vulnerable to compromise more than a year and a half after the company that makes them was told of weaknesses in its security, researchers have claimed during a Black Hat presentation. The product in question is the Medtronic CareLink 2090 monitor, used by doctors to control pacemaker settings, and the researchers are Billy Rios of QED Secure Solutions and Jonathan Butts of WhiteScope, both of whom have an impressive track record at finding flaws in unexpected places.

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