Washington, February 8 : While scientists are trying to develop electronic implants that dispense medicines automatically or via a wireless medical network, a group of Aussie and American researchers have warned that such devices may have certain security risks.
YanYan Wang and Carey Thaldorf at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, and their colleague John Haynes of Charles Darwin University in Darwin, point out that any wireless communications technology may fall under the generic umbrella of hacking, including eavesdropping, jamming, and tampering.
They say that someone with malicious intent might spoof the sensor outputs of a Remote Intelligent Drug Delivery System (RIDDS).