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‘FDA tells hospitals to stop using a pump that is vulnerable to hackers.’.This headline was all over the internet and news this weekend, with the pump in question being a medical infusion pump that automatically administers dosages of medication to patients in a hospital. A vulnerability was identified that would give ‘hackers the ability to access the pump remotely through a hospital's network,’ according to the FDA. A hacker would be able to take remote control of the device and change the dosage of medication being administered. As part of the reporting, many of the cable news shows started showing a clip from the Showtime TV show Homeland. In the episode, terrorists hack into the Vice President’s pacemaker, force his heart rate to increase, and effectively assassinate him via remote control.

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