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Imagine you're having a CT scan and malware alters the radiation levels – it's doable

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I've seen a fair amount of medical imaging machines using crappy unmaintained proprietary software (for proprietary USB protocols) that only runs on Windows XP. Maybe they're shifting to Win7 by now, I don't know - I've avoided this crap for a few years.

IMHO an airgapped hardened Linux-based 100% open source system would not be secure enough for medical equipment.

And they're running Windows.

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