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Surgical robots smart but insecure

A team of researchers hacked into the control system of the Raven II surgical robot, developed by the University of Washington (UW) Researchers were able to launch several types of attacks and cause problems ranging from jerky motion of robots arms, modifying the instructions from the surgeon and even a complete takeover of the robot. But some experts, while acknowledging the vulnerabilities and that the demonstration attacks are credible, say it should not cause panic they dont think this means every remote, robotic procedure is a catastrophe waiting to happen.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2929466/surgical-robots-smart-but-insecure.html

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