DOTmed January 28, 2022
Critical vulnerabilities put over half of medical devices connected to hospital networks at risk of being breached by malicious viruses and software that could potentially compromise patient information.
In an analysis of 10 million devices at more than 300 hospitals and medical facilities worldwide, Cynerio identified 53% of internet-connected medical devices with a known vulnerability and one-third of bedside devices with a critical risk.
It warns in its 2022 State of Healthcare IoT Device Security report that these issues could enable hackers to access devices and potentially impact service availability, steal and expose patient data and even pose harm to patient safety, according to ZDNet.
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