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Dick Cheney feared assassination by wireless heart hack

Former Vice President of the United States had the wireless feature of his heart defibrillator deactivated. Cheney feared that a terrorist would be able to interfere with the device, which he had implanted in 2007. The revelation came during an interview on CBSs 60 Minutes show, which aired on Sunday. The Homeland TV show recently portrayed a fictional Vice President being assassinated by a terrorist in a similar way. Back at BlackHat 2011, researchers explored security weaknesses in modern insulin pumps.”]

Source: https://grahamcluley.com/dick-cheney-assassination-wireless-heart-hack/

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