Computer virus attacks medical devices

Dr. Mark Gasson, of the University of Reading (UK), was the first to discover that computer viruses infect medical chips, undermining the health of patients treated with modern electronic abortions.

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It has been found that computer viruses infect chips in medical electronic devices . Illustration.

Dr. Gasson implanted a arm with a chip under his skin (a type of device that has been implanted for wild animals to study, protect them or use to manage pets and use it in systems). security system). Later, the researcher gave the virus a virus to test how it affects electronic devices used for transplantation for patients. The first result was that this 'live' chip allowed him through the security system to boot the mobile phone.

But the researcher notes that if, after being infected with the virus, the chip is implanted into the computer, whose software is capable of interacting and 'opening' other similar devices that it will destroy. operation of these devices. Gasson's virus is just a few lines of text and doesn't cause any serious damage but hurts the electronic protection system and disrupts the patient's implant devices.

The scientist stresses that implantable chips under the skin can connect to the network, and that person becomes the one carrying the virus that destroys any program. Therefore, this study is important for modern medicine because the direction of treatment with electronic devices is growing.

Now humans have become people who spread extremely dangerous code to infect viruses that disrupt the operation of medical chips that are implanted in the patient's body (for example, cochlear implants bring hearing for deaf people, heart rate correction chip for heart attack people and many other experimental devices that have not been announced and sold widely .).

According to Dr. Gasson in the short term, computer viruses can be very dangerous for patients who have to use cardiostimulator, so right now the same thing must be taken into account when they have not happened.

Safety issues for implant devices must be given special attention and must have a separate password for each device. When the device or chip in the patient has been disturbed by the virus, it is necessary to know the password In order to be on time for emergency treatment (decontamination), it is necessary to have a tattoo right on their skin.

Gasson said that the experiments he conducted only proved in principle. In the future, more complex electronic devices must envision virus-causing destructive scenarios. " Technology innovations have always had a downside to them, with new risks," he said. "The development of mobile phones brings a lot of benefits to life but also makes us face the dangers." of safety and virus infection for electronic birth control devices '.

Commenting on this announcement, Professor Rafael Capurro of German bioethics expert said: ' The use of implanted and worn microbiological devices will be very developed. For example, if you fall into a coma to go to an emergency, a bracelet or a implantable chip on your body can tell your doctor all the data about your health, helping to treat it promptly. time But on the other hand, it can also become a destructive enemy from inside your body, due to someone's unintentional incident that makes it infected with computer viruses . '