Surgeon tackles 'medjacking' – hacking of medical devices

We're all aware that our business and social lives can be hijacked electronically. The University of Arizona is leading national efforts to make sure human medical devices are safe from remote tampering. We regularly hear reports of people's personal information being stolen, and of bank and social media accounts being hacked. While it sounds like a plot line from a medical or crime drama, the potential for medjacking, or malicious medical device hacking, is real. The UA is involved in creating strategies to protect connected devices such as intravenous drug pumps and pacemakers from tampering.