Re:Can I drop a pacemaker 0day?
by Lagged2Death on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @11:03PM
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Watch how long it takes them to fix it then...
That strikes me as really optimistic. Another scenario:
Medical equipment manufacturing lobby (I'm assuming there is such a thing) pushes to have such disclosures treated as acts of terrorism. Manufacturer issues a patch that fixes your very specific vulnerability in some trivial, meaningless way. Your career is ruined. Pacemakers truly secured: 0.
That strikes me as really optimistic. Another scenario:
Medical equipment manufacturing lobby (I'm assuming there is such a thing) pushes to have such disclosures treated as acts of terrorism. Manufacturer issues a patch that fixes your very specific vulnerability in some trivial, meaningless way. Your career is ruined. Pacemakers truly secured: 0.