CISA and FDA warn the patient's threat of Montier Backdoor Hacking.
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Healthcare hackers are currently making headlines after ransomware attacks on the New York Blood Center. The New York Brad Center has supplied blood to more than 200 US hospitals, and is confused blood donation in the process. But that's not all. A hacking case at the COMMUNITY Health Center based on Connecticut has stolen more than 1 million medical records by hackers. If you think that your medical sector attacked the Rock Bottom on the Securitis Care Front, the cyber security and infrastructure security agencies, which are part of the US Ministry of Land Security, are dangerous to patient's safety warnings, along with the Food Pharmaceutical Bureau. did. Following the discovery of the patient monitor hardware backdoor. This is what you need to know.
The latest healthcare security fear represents “the risk of patient safety.”
In order to raise awareness among medical providers, medical facilities, caregivers, and especially patients themselves, FDA and CISA are on the surveillance of cyber security equivalent to “backdoor” in January 30 Published a day warning. It is in danger after being connected to the Internet. If you understand that vulnerability can be remotely controlled by hackers and patient data that collects patient data, you will be worried about the risk.
The FDA lists the following Chinese -made medical devices for built -in backdoor and vulnerability warning.
Contec CMS8000 Patient monitor is a relaxed CMS8000 patient monitor as MN-120.
I contacted Contec Medical Systems and published a statement.
Cisa Healthcare Security Advisory
The CISA fact sheet, which detailed the threat of the latest healthcare hardware hacking, is headquartered in Qinhuangdao, China, but the device itself is used in the medical environment of the United States and the European Union. It states that it will provide continuous monitoring of patient vital signs. ECG, heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, non -invasive blood pressure, temperature, respiratory speed. “CISA can create conditions that can be able to execute and change devices with the ability to change the configuration by including this backdoor in the firmware of the patient monitor. CISA states: The monitor can lead to an inappropriate response to the patient's vital sign. “
“Note that the FDA has not recognized the current vulnerabilities -related cyber security incident, injury, or death,” FDA said. However, CISA has “strongly seeks” all healthcare sector organizations, checks the fact sheet, and implements FDA easing as follows:
On the other hand, it is recommended that patients and caregivers consult a medical provider. If you make sure that the patient's monitor depends on the remote monitoring function, “pull out the device and stop using it” and consider using an alternative patient monitor.
Healthcare providers need to check the patient monitor mentioned above for signs of abnormal functions, such as “inconsistency between the vitals of the displayed patient and the actual physical condition of the patient.” Report these to FDA.
