Nearly half a million people urgently need to update their pacemakers' software, warns the US Food and Drug Administration, which is recalling several models made by Abbott - a global health company that used to be known as St. Jude Medical - as they are vulnerable to hacker attacks. Tuesday, hedge fund Muddy Waters warned that these pacemaker devices could be hacked from up to 50ft away.
Nearly half a million people urgently need to update their pacemakers' software, warns the US Food and Drug Administration, which is recalling several models made by Abbott - a global health company that used to be known as St. Jude Medical - as they are vulnerable to hacker attacks. Last year, hedge fund Muddy Waters warned that these pacemaker devices could be hacked from up to 50ft away.