[Diabetes-talk] Pump question

Tue Jun 25 16:23:14 UTC 2013

In this case, I think the guy was trying to make a point of security of
medical devices. I often wondered if there could be interference say, at a
convention where everyone sat together sending information and requests to
insulin pumps. But boy could this be quite the episode of murder for hire on
an individual, couldn't it. And I was just across town at a different
conference when this happened. Oh how I wish I'd been there! But I'd bet the
reason someone would want to hack in would be related to the same reason
most meters wouldn't let us delete items from the memory. People wanting to
get rid of a crummy BG number or a large bolus taken for a big meal. Says a
lot for how the medical establishment has treated most people though and
that's not good.
Just my quarter's worth. <grin>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Bridgit Pollpeter
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 8:54 AM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pump question

Those are the people who either aren't diabetic and therefore don't
directly deal with these situations, or they are those diabetics who
don't give a fig. It's like those not understanding the importance of
any consumer group advocating and promoting the causes and educating
about them in order to bring equality, awareness and a better quality of
life for all.

Bridgit

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Mike Freeman
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 10:36 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pump question

And people ask why we need a NFB or a Diabetes Action Network.

Mike Freeman

On Jun 25, 2013, at 8:05, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> LOL, I thought of the exact episode when I read that post, smile. He 
> was actually hacking into a hospital system so that when glucose 
> levels were taken, lows would show as highs, and patients were being 
> given insulin they obviously didn't need, sending them into inevitable

> comas.
> 
> The hacker turned out to be a high school student who was working with

> a couple of friends to get revenge. His father, a diabetic, had been a

> patient at said hospital, and due to mismanagement, he lost his 
> vision. The dad and son blamed the hospital.
> 
> I saw this episode shortly after I started training at IDB. I was 
> bothered by the father's comments while on the stand. He broke down, 
> stating how terrible his life was now blind. I remember he said that 
> he couldn't eat at a restaurant alone anymore because he couldn't 
> order from the menu, couldn't have a social life and couldn't even 
> dial a phone anymore on his own. I summarily dialed the phone and 
> called my now-husband to report on the episode, grin.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of limestone lady
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 9:16 AM
> To: coe at impactcil.org
> Cc: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pump question
> 
> 
> A few years ago, law and order had a story about a young kid who was
> able to hack into a hospital's computer, and tamper with insulin 
> guidelines which caused the death of at least one person. Diabetes had
> caused his dad to lose his sight, and he felt like he had 
> lost his dad, and was very bitter.
> Many of those shows were discribed as being ripped from today's 
> headlines, so I wonder if it was true.
> The main reason I remember it was because the hacker was from Toronto,

> which meant of course that it was a cross border crime.
> Linda.
> 
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