Researcher hacks wireless insulin pump to push lethal doses, gives diabetics nightmares

Thought the demonstration of a Subaru Outback (the official car of suburban weekend warriors) being unlocked and started via text message was terrifying? Wait till you see what researcher and diabetic Jay Radcliffe cooked up for the Black Hat Technical Security Conference . Radcliffe figured out how to hack an insulin pump connected to a wireless glucose monitor and deliver lethal doses of the sugar-regulating hormone. While perhaps less dramatic than shocking a person to death with their own pacemaker , quietly causing an insulin overdose is no less effective at bringing a life to a premature end. The most worrisome part, with a powerful enough antenna a hacker to launch such an attack from up to half a mile away — sleep tight everybody! Researcher hacks wireless insulin pump to push lethal doses, gives diabetics nightmares originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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