Yes, you read the headline correctly, McAfee’s Security Research Architect Barnaby Jack (his research work uncovering banking ATM foibles last year was simply outstanding) has proven (and demonstrated at Hacker Halted last week) previous claims of systems weaknesses in Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) wirelessly controlled insulin pumps (contrary to the compnay’s claims of course, continuing a litany of how not to handle flawed implementaitons).
…”With this device I created and the software I created, I could actually instruct the pump to perform all manner of commands,” Jack told The Register. “I could make it dispense its entire reservoir of insulin, which is about 300 units. I just scan for any devices in the vicinity and they will respond with the serial number of the device.”…” - Barnaby Jack, via The Register’s alway erudite Dan Goodin
