強生公司因胰島素泵存在安全漏洞向客戶發出警告

The U.S. firm Johnson And Johnson, one of the biggest manufacturers of medical appliances, warned that its insulin pumps could be hacked, meaning unauthorized persons might be able to change insulin doses of thousands of diabetes patients.

全球最大的醫療設備製造商美國強生公司日前警告稱，該公司旗下的胰島素泵存在安全漏洞，可能被黑客襲擊。這意味着未經授權者可以改變數千糖尿病患者注射胰島素的劑量。

The vulnerability affects only pumps that have wireless remote control, which uses unencrypted radio frequencies, but they are not connected to the internet.

這一漏洞隻影響擁有無限遠程控制系統的胰島素泵，這些設備使用了未加密的無線電頻率，但是不與互聯網相連。

Recently it was revealed some pacemakers and defibrillators also may be open to hacking.

據悉，最近一些心臟起搏器和心臟除顫器也有被黑客利用的風險。

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The company said the probability of unauthorized access to its insulin pumps "is extremely low," but it has nevertheless sent warnings to doctors' offices and more than 100,000 patients in the United States and Canada.

強生公司表示，胰島素泵被黑客入侵的可能“非常低”，但其還是向美國及加拿大的超過11萬名客戶和診所發出了警告。

Insulin pumps are wearable devices that automatically adjust the release of insulin according to a diabetic's level of physical activity.

胰島素泵是一種可穿戴設備，能夠通過人體糖尿病水平來自動調節胰島素劑量。