Drug pumps used widely in the US contain severe security vulnerabilities which could allow hackers to administer fatal doses, a researcher claims.
Billy Rios, a security expert who has been testing medical devices produced by Hospira over the past few years, has discovered serious security flaws in the firmware of drug pumps which could have catastrophic results for patients in US hospitals.
Hundreds of thousands of Hospira pumps are currently in use in hospitals across the United States.
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