cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40858418
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40856025
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/822412
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40858418
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40856025
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/822412
I used to do contract work for clinics, one group signed a deal with Abbot to get access to their CGM ecosystem. The sell was to have this information right at the clinician’s fingertips to drive decision making, but the real purpose was of course to establish a PHI feed into the hungry mouths of data brokers.
I was disgusted enough by this, but software bugs leading to deaths is something else. This unfortunately sent me down a grim line of thought: how vulnerable are these devices to someone with murderous intent? Not to disable it, but to trick it into administering a lethal insulin dose.