Hacker exposes pacemaker security flaws that allows deadly shock

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According to reports from Melbourne, Jack said such attacks were as good as “anonymous assassination” and could result in “mass murder.”

The wireless attack allows access to pacemakers within 30 feet and rewrites their firmware. The specific pacemakers explored contained a “secret function” that could be used to activate all pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.

The security holes would allow for the medical devices to be turned off or sent 830 volts, inducing cardiac arrest or delivering shocks in loops.