FDA Recommends Security Patch For St. Jude Wireless Cardiac Devices

US FDA issued an alert Jan. 9 for St. Jude Medical Inc. cardiac devices that link to its Merlin@home transmitters. The agency said there's a risk for malicious attacks that could "harm" patients and urged users to install a software patch on their devices to minimize the risk.

The alert comes months after short-sale investment firm Muddy Waters Research and security research firm MedSec published reports and videos of their ability to break into the devices and cause them to malfunction, as well as deplete their battery