Why Health Care Is The “Absolute Worst” At Security (Q&A)

That Homeland scenario, in which someone’s pacemaker is hacked and disabled, is “realistic,” says top researcher.That memorable episode in the second season of Homeland, in which Brody helps kill the vice president by giving a hacker his pacemaker’s serial number to disable it, seemed slightly implausible when it aired in 2012. But the chance of such a horrifying scenario taking place in real life is “realistic,” says a top health security researcher.

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Source:: Fast Company