Comments on: Heart monitors hacked http://futurismic.com/2008/03/13/heart-monitors-hacked/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Maxene http://futurismic.com/2008/03/13/heart-monitors-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-52065 Maxene Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:13:25 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2008/03/13/heart-monitors-hacked/#comment-52065 for some reason I can't finish the comment. Something wrong with the site. I'll begin again. Husband has had an ICD device for 5 years and he went into V Fib twice and in each case it shocked his heart back into normal rythm. In other words. He flat lined. Thinking about this piece you wrote is scary as hell, but I can see it happening since the devices that monitor the ICD are readily available to anyone in a hospital, cardiology office or manufacturing facility. You refer to the mini tower. There is also a MUCH small home version available that patients use to monitor the device themselves. for some reason I can’t finish the comment. Something wrong with the site.

I’ll begin again. Husband has had an ICD device for 5 years and he went into V Fib twice and in each case it shocked his heart back into normal rythm. In other words. He flat lined.
Thinking about this piece you wrote is scary as hell, but I can see it happening since the devices that monitor the ICD are readily available to anyone in a hospital, cardiology office or manufacturing facility. You refer to the mini tower. There is also a MUCH small home version available that patients use to monitor the device themselves.

]]> By: Savage http://futurismic.com/2008/03/13/heart-monitors-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-13409 Savage Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:43:49 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2008/03/13/heart-monitors-hacked/#comment-13409 Scary, isn't it? I came across one of the devices used to read and re-configure pace-makers. Someone I knew came across it. They asked me if I could find out any information about it on the Internet. I remember finding probably one or two websites that mentioned this thing. It was nearly as big as a mini-tower computer case. I wouldn't be surprised if the thing ends up in the hands of a "computer enthusiast." Scary, isn’t it? I came across one of the devices used to read and re-configure pace-makers. Someone I knew came across it. They asked me if I could find out any information about it on the Internet. I remember finding probably one or two websites that mentioned this thing. It was nearly as big as a mini-tower computer case. I wouldn’t be surprised if the thing ends up in the hands of a “computer enthusiast.”

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