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• The US FDA issued a warning to patients- HCPs and medical devices manufacturers about potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities in BLE technology. The FDA mentioned the products that could be impacted which include pacemakers- glucose monitors and ultrasound devices
• The US FDA referred to the vulnerabilities as “SweynTooth”- which allows the unauthorized users to wirelessly crash the device or stop it from working.
• The FDA recommends that medical device manufacturers should stay alert for cybersecurity vulnerabilities and proactively participate in addressing them as well as providing mitigation strategies

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