Medtronic on insulin pump hacker: Not a big deal

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http://www.massdevice.com/news/medtronic-insulin-pump-hacker-not-big-deal

By MassDevice staff
Medical Devices Industry News
August 10, 2011

A diabetic's successful hack of his own insulin pump raised the spectre 
of malicious device-based attacks, but Medtronic doesn't think there's 
much to worry about.

Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) isn't in an uproar over recent reports of a 
hacked insulin pump that could discretely deliver dangerous doses of 
insulin to a wearer.

"To our knowledge, there has never been a single reported incident 
outside of controlled laboratory experiments in more than 30 years of 
device telemetry use, which includes millions of devices worldwide," a 
director of PR from Medtronic's insulin pump subsidiary MiniMed Inc. 
told TuDiabetes.org, an online social network for diabetics.

" [W]e do not see a reason to believe that this is a reason for concern 
as your device went through extensive testing to make sure it would be 
safe and protected from external harm," the spokesperson said.

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