Medical device manufacturers are deeply concerned about the potentially deadly consequences of cyberattacks on critical medical equipment, including implantable devices, such as pacemakers.
A new survey sheds light on the widespread sense of vulnerability in the industry. A poll of 500 device manufacturers and health care providers by Synopsys, the software company, finds two-thirds of device manufacturers and more than half of providers believe there will likely be a major cyberattack on a medical device in the next year.
Similarly, 80 percent of both medical professionals and manufacturers say that securing medical devices is "very difficult."
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