St. Jude Medical Rebuffs Vulnerability Claims on Cardiac Devices

St. Jude Medical is disputing allegations that its cardiac devices are susceptible to cyber attacks after an investment firm issued a report on the device vulnerabilities last week.

The report misidentified the company’s security lockout feature as a crash, St. Jude Medical said.

“If attacked, our pacemakers place themselves into a ‘safe’ mode to ensure the device continues to work,” Phil Ebeling, vice president and chief technology officer at St. Jude Medical, said in a statement. — José Vasquez