A computer security expert who has diabetes discovered that he was able to hack his own insulin pump and remotely send it signals to give incorrect doses. Apparently, there are no systems in the pump that would require authentication of signals that are sent to it.
“My initial reaction was that this was really cool from a technical perspective,” Radcliffe told the Associated Press. “The second reaction was one of maybe sheer terror, to know that there’s no security around the devices which are a very active part of keeping me alive.”
Two lawmakers have asked the General Accountability Office to investigate the matter.
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