If your hospital or clinic uses a Windows 7-based version of a Siemens PET/CT or SPECT system, it could be vulnerable to attack by a relatively low-skill hacker, according to a July 26, 2017, security advisory from the company.

The Industrial Control System Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT), a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, also released an advisory on the vulnerabilities, each of which were scored at a “critical” level of 9.8 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerabilities Scoring System (CVSS). And recently, the FDA recalled 465,000 pacemakers after finding vulnerabilities that could let hackers reprogram the devices.

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