Hacking Medical Lab Systems—Real Danger
June 11, 2019 | Terry Sharrer
It’s hard to imagine what kind of degenerate person wants to hack patient’s medical records for extortion or “fun.” But this is not an uncommon occurrence—it happens to millions of records every year. This piece shows how it is done at a hacking demonstration: “[Hackers] performed blood and urinalysis testing, intercepted and altered the normal blood test results to make it appear that the patient suffered from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), and then forwarded the modified results to the patient’s electronic medical records.” It also lays out how to plug these vulnerabilities. MORE
Image Credit: UCSD and DarkDaily.com