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Johnson & Johnson Issues Security Warning About Insulin Pump

posted by janrinok on Wednesday October 05 2016, @01:08PM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

Johnson & Johnson has issued a security warning about one of its products:

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday issued a warning about a possible cybersecurity issue with its Animas OneTouch Ping Insulin Infusion Pump. The problem was first reported by Reuters.

Computer security firm Rapid 7 discovered that it might be possible to take control of the pump via its an unencrypted radio frequency communication system that allows it to send commands and information via a wireless remote control. The company alerted Johnson & Johnson, which issued the warning. Getting too high or too low a dose of insulin could severely sicken or even kill. There have been no instances of the pumps being hacked, Johnson & Johnson said.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday October 05 2016, @02:53PM

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Wednesday October 05 2016, @02:53PM (#410625) Homepage
    But what, you have to ask, is an unencrypted radio frequency that makes it different from any other radio frequency? Confusing the channel and the payload, methinks.

    Anyway, I've got to jump in my old car and drive on the non-ABS motorway home.
    Where I'll boil me a nice cuppa coffee using my caffeine-free kettle.
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  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Wednesday October 05 2016, @03:44PM

    by Arik (4543) on Wednesday October 05 2016, @03:44PM (#410655) Journal
    "But what, you have to ask, is an unencrypted radio frequency "

    Funny, but there's a more charitable way to parse it.

    "via its an unencrypted radio frequency communication system"

    So I read 'unencrypted' and 'radio frequency' as separate adjectives modifying 'communication system' rather than reading 'unencrypted' as modifying 'radio frequency' - either being possible I would choose the one that makes sense.

    The 'an' is completely out of place no matter how I parse though.
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