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Remotely operated surgery robot is easy to e-hijack, researchers find

Researchers at the University of Washington examined a teleoperated, robotic surgery system called the Raven II. An interloper could run a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack, intercepting the network traffic between the surgeon and the robot and removing, modifying or inserting commands. They also abused the robots safety mechanism, the E-stop, which is meant to prevent its arms from moving too fast or into an unsafe position, to protect the electrical and mechanical components of the robot.”]

Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/04/29/remotely-operated-surgery-robot-is-easy-to-e-hijack-researchers-find/

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