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Jamara Gage.
In the the article, MEDICAL DEVICES ARE THE NEXT SECURITY NIGHTMARE(Hay Newman)(2017)suggested that she believes medical devices are not as safe as you would think because of security hackers. In the article she discusses that several companies have put out warnings against security breaches in their medical devices. The author also stated that in some medical situation they aren't taking the negative aspects and possibilities of hackings that can happen serious, Such as when she says (“You'd think by now medical device companies would have learned something about security reform. Experts warn they haven't.”)(Hay Newman). The writer lets it be known that a hacker can literally have you life in his/her hands by hacking you defibrillator

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