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SCI-TECH: Hackers able to break into medical devices
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August 22, 2008
Hackers able to break into medical devices


(NECN) - A group of MIT students recently made news when they tried to expose security problems within MBTA's automated fare system.

It turns out hackers getting a free T pass may be the least of our worries. Other local hackers say, it's not too hard to break into medical devices implanted in patient's bodies.

Mass High Tech reporter Rodney Brown has more from the BBJ newsroom.

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