Security experts have hacked a teleoperated surgical robot Security experts hack medical robot.
In a recently published paper, a group of academics showed how they had been able to change the instruction sequences, override commands or even take full control of the Raven II medical robot.
That such a lack of security isn’t in the least bit surprising is a sad commentary on the world of connected devices and the Internet of Things.
At the root of this problem is the software running this equipment has security added, at best, as an afterthought given the designers work from the assumption operators are in the room with the equipment,
If we’re going to connect these devices to the public internet then security has to be built into them from the beginning.
Whether we’re discussing remote medical equipment, driverless cars or the smart home, hardening and securing IoT devices is going to be of today’s industrial challenges.