As if we didn’t already have enough to be neurotic about, a man at the Black Hat Technical Security Conference gave a presentation detailing how he could take control of insulin pumps from miles away and kill his victims. Take a minute to panic. Now keep reading. Jerome Radcliffe is a diabetic. The nefarious hack he presented at the conference Thursday was a response to his condition. “I have two devices attached to me at all times; an insulin pump and a continuous glucose monitor,” said Radcliffe. He said that the devices turned him into a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system.
