MEDJACKING: A LIFE OR DEATH ISSUE FOR LEADERS IN CONNECTED HEALTHCARE

July 21, 2018

When you imagine medical devices being breached by cybercriminals, your thoughts might automatically go to the horror scenario—a pacemaker being ordered to drive 800 volts into the heart of an unsuspecting politician or an infusion pump being shut off or instructed to deliver a deadly multi-dose administration. While threats like these need to be taken seriously, healthcare IT leaders are looking at bigger picture organizational threats when it comes to medical device breaches, or "medjacking" as it has come to be known.

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