Chinese medical devices are in health systems across U.S., and the government and hospitals are worried

CNBC February 23, 2025
Kevin Williams

Key Points

– Chinese-made medical devices pose an imminent threat, warn the FDA, CISA and the American Hospital Association.

– The federal government’s cyber watchdog recently discovered a “backdoor” that can easily be exploited on a widely used piece of hospital monitoring equipment.

– Chinese-made medical devices are found in almost every corner of the health-care ecosystem due to relatively low costs, and there are at least thousands of these monitors in hospitals and clinics across the U.S.

– The government did note it is working with the device maker Contec on the vulnerability and no known cyber incidents or specific health risks have resulted from the issue to date.

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