HACKING MEDICAL DEVICES BY JENNIFER GROSS
GROWTH OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES Medical technologies and computer science continue to mesh Pacemakers Insulin Pumps Defibrillators Just as susceptible to hacks and bugs as any other form of technology.
BARNABY JACK Renowned white hat hacker for McAfee Hacked an insulin pump delivering 300 units of insulin to a mannequin in a matter of seconds. Figured out how to hack pacemakers from up to 500 feet away RwweA
FDA’S ROLE Responsible for evaluating all new medical devices and risks associated with them Seldom will examine new devices prior to them being surgically implanted unless: Repeated malfunctions Recalled
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Department of Defense (DoD) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
POLITICS…. Economics behind reporting devices with defects If a hospital were to file a report of an incident with one of the medical devices, the hospital is liable Disincentive for notification False sense of security Lack of preparedness for any cyber security issues
ENCRYPTION AND OTHER PROTECTIONS All models of the various medical devices have the capability to use Advance Encryption Standard (AES) Numerous backdoors to these devices Backdoor could “at least have it been embedded deep inside the ICD core”
LEGAL HELP? Product Liability Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.
PROPOSED SOLUTION Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) Publicly auditable source-code
OPTIONS Use with risks of what can happen Don’t use it at all
REFERENCES Fu, Kevin and James Blum. "Inside Risks: Controlling for Cybersecurity Risks of Medical Device Software." n.d. Computer Science Laboratory - SRI International. 20 April Goodin, Dan. Insulin pump hack delivers fatal dosage over the air. 27 October April Goodman, Marc. Hacking the Human Heart. 23 August April Kirk, Jeremy. Pacemaker hack can deliver deadly 830-volt jolt. 17 October April Peters, Jeff. Medical Devices: Death by Hacking and Barnaby Jack. July April
REFERENCES Radcliffe, Jerome. "Hacking Medical Devices for Fun and Insulin: Breaking the Human SCADA System." n.d. Black Hat. 20 April "Riegel VS. Medtronic." n.d. American Association for Justice. Web. 23 April Sandler, Karen, et al. "Killed By Code: Software Transparency in Implantable Medical Devices." 21 July Software Freedom Law Center. Web. 23 April Storm, Darlene. Pacemaker hacker says worm could possibly 'commit mass murder'. 17 October April
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