As many as 750,000 heart devices made by Medtronic PLC contain a serious cybersecurity vulnerability that could let an attacker with sophisticated insider knowledge harm a patient by altering ...

The unpatched vulnerabilities exist in 20 products made by the popular Medtronics medical device manufacturer, including defibrillators and home patient monitoring systems. The Department of Homeland ...

The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued an alert that some Medtronic implanted defibrillators contain vulnerabilities that would allow them ...

A report Tuesday from Kaiser Health News has put Medtronic on the defensive. The report stated the Minneapolis-based health tech manufacturing company made a deal with the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Medtronic Inc. subsidiary Physio-Control is causing its parent company headaches again, this time with a recall of its LifePak 15 monitor/defibrillator. The Food and Drug Administration classified ...

A Minnesota-based company is recalling more than 348,000 defibrillators over concerns that they may not work. Medtronic, which has its executive headquarters based in Minneapolis, initiated the recall ...

Traditional implanted pacemakers and defibrillators use thin wires called "leads" to send out electricity that keeps the heart beating properly, but these wires can also be associated with problems, ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Medtronic Inc. warned doctors Monday that the wires connecting a patient’s heart to the firm’s implantable defibrillators break too often. The news knocked Medtronic shares down $6.33 or ...

Homeland Security has issued a warning for a set of critical-rated vulnerabilities in Medtronic defibrillators that put the devices at risk of manipulation. These small cardio-defibrillators are ...

The number of heart patients suing Medtronic Inc. over faulty defibrillators more than doubled in the past two months, raising the company's risk of getting hit with damage awards. Through Monday, ...

The Department of Homeland Security and Medtronic are advising people with the latter's implantable defibrillators to keep their monitors and programmers updated and in sight. A warning issued by the ...