"How Brainjacking Became a New Cybersecurity Risk in Health Care"

Brainjacking is a growing concern among cybersecurity experts, which refers to the hijacking of connected medical devices implanted in a human's brain. The performance of this type of cyberattack involves a hacker obtaining unauthorized access to a human body's neural implants. If an attacker hacked surgically implanted devices in a human brain, they could control the patient's cognition and functions, thus posing a significant threat to the well-being of the patient. Brain implants, also called neural implants, are microchips connected directly to a human's brain to establish a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), which allows brain activity to be used to control a computer. This technology is important for people whose brain has become dysfunctional because of medical issues. The unauthorized control of neural implants was considered science fiction, but the growing advancements in medical technology have made the threat real. A study conducted by Oxford Functional Neurosurgery proved that medical implants are vulnerable to different cyber threats, potentially leading to implant battery drainage, information theft, tissue damage, impairment of motor function, and more. This article continues to discuss the concept of Brainjacking, the increase in cyberattacks on connected medical devices, and whether Internet of Things (IoT) devices will ever be 100 percent secure. 

CISO MAG reports "How Brainjacking Became a New Cybersecurity Risk in Health Care"