Tom Cotton warns FDA about cybersecurity threat from Chinese-made medical devices
Sen. Tom Cotton has urged the FDA to enhance regulations on Chinese-made medical devices to safeguard patient data and hospital integrity. He highlighted the risks posed by older devices that lack the same cybersecurity standards as newer models. Cotton's concerns follow incidents where compromised devices could lead to identity theft and misdiagnoses.
- ▪Sen. Tom Cotton requested the FDA to tighten regulations on medical devices from China.
- ▪He emphasized the need for older devices to undergo cybersecurity clearance similar to new devices.
- ▪Cotton's letter was prompted by a discovery that a medical monitor could extract patients' personal health information when online.
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) asked the Food and Drug Administration to tighten regulations on medical devices made in China to protect patient data and the integrity of hospitals after a series of incidents of cybersecurity breaches. Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, asked acting FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantas in a Tuesday letter to revise the agency’s standards for certifying medical devices by requiring older technology to undergo a cybersecurity clearance similar to that used for new devices.
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