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It could happen, theoretically—a malicious hacker could hijack a wireless pacemaker's radio signals to the detriment of the device's user. The performance of neural stimulators, drug pumps, and other implantables (IMDs) can possibly be undermined by such hacking. Computer scientists at University of Washington, Seattle, propose that wearers of IMDs use a cloaking device that tells the IMD to ignore unwarranted orders. Doctors can remove the cloak when they need to communicate with the IMD. The protective cloak, yet to be tested, is deemed unrealistic by some and unnecessary by others. Is it both? Is there a workable solution (other than rounding up all the ne'er-do-wells?)
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Re: Protected Are the Pacemakers
