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Could Someone Hack Your Pacemaker? FDA Is Recalling 465,000 Due to That Risk

  • September 01, 2017

Nearly 500,000 people in America are wearing pacemakers, devices that help control their heartbeat. Run by an internal battery but radio-controlled and wired in such a way that they actually could be hacked like a computer, pacemakers are now a subject of a massive recall. Abbott Laboratories, however, isn’t calling it a “recall” but, rather, is labeling it a “firmware update,” according to McClatchy DC Bureau. The updates affect 465,000 and take about three...