Found this WikiLeaks email, Hacker Can Send Fatal Dose to Hospital Drug Pumps in the 'Hacking Team Archives' and my first thought was of Seth Rich dying in the hospital. And then you wonder how many have died this way.
Hacker Can Send Fatal Dose to Hospital Drug Pumps
Email-ID
1078206
Date 2015-06-13 03:33:36 UTC
From [email protected]
To [email protected], [email protected]
When security researcher Billy Rios reported earlier this year that he’d found vulnerabilities
in a popular drug infusion pump that would allow a hacker to raise the
dosage limit on medication delivered to patients, there was little cause
for concern.
Now Rios says he’s found the more serious vulnerabilities in several models of pumps made by the same manufacturer, which would allow a hacker to surreptitiously and remotely change the amount of drugs administered to a patient.
“This is the first time we know we can change the dosage,” Rios told WIRED.
The vulnerabilities are known to affect at least five models of drug
infusion pumps made by Hospira—an Illinois firm with more than 400,000
intravenous drug pumps installed in hospitals around the world.
The vulnerable models include the company’s standard PCA LifeCare
pumps; its PCA3 LifeCare and PCA5 LifeCare pumps; its Symbiq line of
pumps, which Hospira stopped selling in 2013 due to concerns raised by the FDA over other quality and safety issues with the pumps; and its Plum A+ model of pumps. Hospira has at least 325,000 of the latter model alone installed in hospitals worldwide.
These are the systems that Rios knows are vulnerable because he’s
tested them. But he suspects that the company’s Plum A+3 and its
Sapphire and SapphirePlus models are equally vulnerable too.
Hospira did not respond to a request for comment.
https://wikileaks.org/hackingteam/emails/emailid/1078206
The email was sent to the hacking team of which someone at NCMEC, [email protected]. is a member
https://wikileaks.org/hackingteam/emails/emailid/1140641
EDIT: I am posting this while acknowledging that a death certificate for Seth Rich has not yet been established to exist.
EDIT: Some info about Hospira from their website.
Hospira, a Pfizer company, is a leading provider of infusion technologies. The company's focused infusion systems portfolio features I.V. solutions, proven, innovative smart pumps, and pain management and safety software technology designed to help meet clinical, safety and workflow goals.
At Hospira, we have the opportunity to Make a Difference every day by positively impacting the lives of our customers and patients and delivering value to all of our stakeholders.
https://www.hospira.com/en/about_hospira
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kazza64 ago
holy fuck