The pump is used for delivering drugs into system of patients, but what if it gets hacked when a patient is alive just because of it.
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Health-care providers should stop use of the pumps, which were manufactured by Hospira Inc. and called Symbiq, the Food and Drug Administration said in a statement Friday.
The FDA is anxious over likelihood of hacking of drug infusion pump created by medical company Hospira.
Both government agencies said they know of no cases where such an attack has been launched, but the FDA said in its advisory that it strongly encouraged healthcare facilities to stop using the Symbiq infusion pump system and move to other devices. Hospira is now working with hospitals to fix the issue. The FDA and Hospira are now not aware of any patient adverse events or unauthorized access of a Symbiq Infusion System in a health care setting.
The FDA said an independent researcher alerted the agency that Hospiras pumps could be accessed through a hospitals wireless networks.
“Still, the company has “worked with [customers] to deploy an update to the pump configuration” and “[provide] our Symbiq customers with another layer of security for the devices while they remain in the market for another few months”. While technology can make care more accurate and efficient, security experts have raised concerns about how criminals might breach devices to steal information or harm patients.
The company presented the ifa a number of 10 days following the You can include.S. Department of Homeland Security forewarned of the weeknesses in the water pump, that supply treatments into the blood of individuals.
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Automaker Fiat Chrysler announced a recall for 1.4 million vehicles a week ago after realizing that a flaw made them vulnerable to hackers. It also says unused ports on the device should be closed.
