The Zoom Latitude programmer is made by a Boston Scientific division headquartered in Minnesota.
The Department of Homeland Security said a medical device from Boston Scientific called the Zoom Latitude programmer, used by doctors to communicate with implanted pacemakers and defibrillators, can be exploited by computer hackers to give out patients’ personal health information.
The computer-security vulnerability in the Zoom Latitude programmer is apparently not related to numerous reports of physical malfunctions of the device over the years, including reports of some older units malfunctioning and giving off burning odors, as described in public reports in the Food and Drug Administration’s MAUDE database.
The recent cybersecurity advisory from Homeland Security’s Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) said doctors should keep their Zoom Latitude Programmer-Recorder-Monitor (PRM) Model 3120 machines in locked locations and make sure to delete all personal health information before removing the devices from the facility where they are stored.
