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

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Radiotherapy machines

Having just had 30 daily treatments in one of these, I'm interested in the treatment machine's security:

https://www.varian.com/oncology/products/treatment-delivery/clinac-ix-system

I was dosed with over 50 Gray of radiation over that time, albeit concentrated on an area the size of a golf ball. These machines can easily provide that dosage to large areas as well as small.

Incorrectly programmed, it could easily kill you in one sitting.

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