Many medical devices use wireless technology, yet they lack the necessary securi

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Many medical devices use wireless technology, yet they lack the necessary security protections. At a recent security conference a security researcher, who was himself a diabetic, demonstrated a wireless attack on an insulin pump that could change the delivery of insulin to the patient. A security vendor found that they could scan a public space from up to 300 feet (91 meters) away, find vulnerable pumps made by a specific medical device manufacturer, and then force these devices to dispense fatal insulin doses. And another researcher “hacked” into a defibrillator used to stabilize a heartbeat and reprogrammed it. He also disabled its power-save mode so the battery ran down in hours instead of years. These attacks on wireless medical devices have prompted different areas of the federal government, such as the national Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue warnings. Use the Internet to research the current state of these attacks and proposed defenses. Should the vendors who make these wireless medical devices be forced to add security features to their devices? What should be the penalty if they do not? And what should be the penalty for an attacker who manipulates a wireless medical device?

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vendors must incorporate varous security features like inbuilt antivirus,antispammers,malwares,trojan horses etc,and continously update them in their wireless medical devices ,

If they dont do that then their license to manufacture medical devices must be cancelled.huge fines must be imposed on them.

The penalty on attacker must be a death sentence or life imprisonment with huge amount of fines.This must be done because,he interferes with other people's innocent lives ,money ,courage and time.

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