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Short Sheet: Researchers Raise Doubts on St. Jude Device Hack

ID: 6339c96b-2b4c-5e7b-b364-34c34cae6540

STIX ID: report--6339c96b-2b4c-5e7b-b364-34c34cae6540

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
20/100

Date Published: 2016-08-30

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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The Security Ledger article covers a dispute over claims that St. Jude implantable cardiac devices were subject to a "crash attack": Muddy Waters and MedSec released demonstrations alleging a security flaw, while University of Michigan researchers and St. Jude Medical counter that the observed errors likely reflect normal device behavior (e.g., disconnected leads), leaving the security implications unresolved.

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