Journal
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
Volume 71, Issue 11, Pages 1284-1288Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.01.023
Keywords
cardiac implantable electronic devices; cybersecurity; hacking; remote monitoring
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- Zoll
- Boston Scientific
- Medtronic
- Biotronik
- Abbott
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Biosense Webster
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Medical devices have been targets of hacking for over a decade, and this cybersecurity issue has affected many types of medical devices. Lately, the potential for hacking of cardiac devices (pacemakers and defibrillators) claimed the attention of the media, patients, and health care providers. This is a burgeoning problem that our newly electronically connected world faces. In this paper from the Electrophysiology Section Council, we briefly discuss various aspects of this relatively new threat in light of recent incidents involving the potential for hacking of cardiac devices. We explore the possible risks for the patients and the effect of device reconfiguration in an attempt to thwart cybersecurity threats. We provide an outline of what can be done to improve cybersecurity from the standpoint of the manufacturer, government, professional societies, physician, and patient. (c) 2018 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.
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