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To retouch photos, edit lives, flirt, order dinner, buy things online, know if the neighbor is stealing your Wifi ... There is an app for almost everything in this life. Some more useful, others less. Some of payment, others free. However, what there was not is an app created specifically to kill people . That has changed.

However, paradoxical as it may seem, the objective of this murderous app is to save lives .

A couple of years ago, during a computer security conference, hackers Rios and Butts warned of the danger posed by insulin pumps used by many diabetics around the world.

These are devices that, with the advancement of technology, have been incorporating remote control controls (similar to those used by cars) so that patients can comfortably administer their doses.

The danger that Rios and Butts warned about during the conference is that the communication established between the command and the insulin pump is not protected , it is extremely vulnerable and would allow anyone to intercept the signal, being able to release lethal doses of insulin to the sick one.

Far from being considered the delusions of two madmen, the warnings of these hackers were backed by the United States Department of Homeland Security , by the food and drug agency and even by Medtronic, one of the world's leading manufacturers of this type. of appliances. However, nobody did anything to change the situation .

Two years later, the weaknesses these hackers warned about remain unresolved. So, in the face of widespread passivity, these hackers have created an application capable of tracking insulin pumps, taking them remotely and ordering them to enter lethal doses, according to an interview in Wired.

Once the murderous app was created - and after a few demonstrations with the US Medicines Agency and with manufacturers - they have managed to get their warnings taken really seriously and work to solve the security problem.

The modus operandi of the app

The pumps responsible for dispensing insulin communicate with a remote control using radio frequencies. However, the connection between the two is not encrypted and is easy to intercept.

It is a tremendously simple operation since there are free programs on the Internet designed to emit signals of this type that insulin pumps recognize as a receptor.

The application is also responsible for tracking insulin pump signals and their environment. Once located, it is able to establish communication between the hormone dispenser and the app.

At this point, the app comes to replace the insulin remote control. Through the interface of the app, it is possible to program the pump by providing a lethal dose without the carrier being able to do anything to avoid it since, despite the fact that these devices usually warn with a beep that a dose is being delivered, it will be It delivers so quickly that the wearer would not have time to manually remove the appliance or take any kind of action.

"In essence, we have developed a universal remote control for all insulin pumps," hackers boast.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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