Medical Device Security

Does anyone find that the diagnostic medical devices in the world have huge flaws? We recieved a system in our lab and our IT department was able to retrieve the sysadmin database password to the system. Sounds like an alarming issue to me.

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/administrative/enforcementrule/hite...

Yes, they can have huge

Yes, they can have huge flaws. A popular networked diagnostic device using Linux was released a short while ago with no root password

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