Code for CDC'18
ICD Hack
An Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) is a medical device used for the detection of potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmias and their treatment through the delivery of electrical shocks intended to restore normal heart rhythm. ICD software features a number of programmable parameters, that, if wrongly configured, can result in unnecessary therapy, which are painful, and damage the cardiac tissue, and even worse can prevent required therapy, leading to sudden cardiac death. An ICD reprogramming attack is one that alters the device’s parameters to induce miss-classification and inappropriate therapy.
