divendres, 25 d’abril del 2014

FBI: Medical devices unprepared for new era of cyber attacks




The increasing transition to electronic medical records paired with their alluring black market value puts medical devices and other hospital technology in the cross-hairs for malicious hackers, according to an FBI report.





Medical devices are unprepared for increasing cyber-attacks, FBI says

Medical devices and other hospital and healthcare systems need some serious security upgrades to weather the coming onslaught of malicious hacking, according to the FBI's Cyber Division.


With an impending deadline to shift to electronic medical records, which fetch a high price on the black market, healthcare systems are an increasingly alluring target for cyber-criminals.




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