THaW PI Kevin Fu was quoted in an article published this weekend in the New York Times. Describing a scene from an episode of the Showtime Network’s series Homeland, the Times story questions how realistic it is that a person’s computerized defibrillator could be hacked. In a recent 60 Minutes episode, former Vice President Dick Cheney and his cardiologist thought the threat was credible enough to shut off the wireless programming functionality of his own defibrillator.

In the article, Kevin describes some of his research on the topic, including a 2008 paper that he co-authored warning of just such a scenario. According to Kevin “security was not on the radar yet for the medical device community…But there was a rapid trend toward wireless communication and Internet connectivity. We definitely raised awareness.”

Read the full New York Times article published on 10/27/13.