pacemaker
Aug 14 2008, Asmita

And you thought that the iPhone 3G having a kill switch was bad - here we have news that pacemakers come with an integrated test mechanism which includes a bug that hackers can take advantage of to dire consequences. Since there is no cryptographic key...

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Allison Brown, 5, whispers “goodnight” to the family’s chocolate labrador, Molly, refering to the famous “Unsinkable Molly Brown,” Tuesday, May 20, 2008, in the Brown family home in Saginaw, Mo. After years of helping authorities look for murder...