Submitted 1 day ago by Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/04/04/kevin-fu-congress-hearing-cybersecurity/
Much of the medical equipment in use today — from patient monitors to infusion pumps — can be targets for hackers, according to Kevin Fu, a Northeastern professor of electrical and computer engineering and medical cybersecurity expert.
And the threats to human lives are very real, Fu says.
Hasn’t this been the case since the computerization of hospitals? Haven’t there been many ransomware attacks against hospitals?
yes, but this time it will be properly dismissed as “fake news”
yeah i have friends who are medical technicians, and i’ve heard some things
These are connected medical devices like insulin pumps
Sure, just remember the S in IoT stands for security and IoT devices are just embedded devices connected to the internet.
And the Medical industry is the proof for the rule.
My company has locations throughout the US and I don’t think has ever been hacked. While they are not perfect, individual devices are not exposed to the internet! I think that’s pretty basic…
Backdoors for thee but not for me? I imagine what they call hackers would probably end up making the equipment software better.
aviationeast@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Maybe we should NOT PUT LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT ON AN INTERNET CONNECTED NETWORK.
Have an internal monitoring network for a nurses station sure, but why the fuck do we need a heart monitor or infusion pump online?
Bort@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Honestly these machines and the computers that connect to them should all be in networks isolated from the main hospital networks. Allow a single secure connection for them to relay data to the wider network and allow nothing in.
aviationeast@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
A data diode out would be OK. Still have to be controlling media in.
jasoman@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
They rich special equipment won’t just the stuff for the poors will.