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The U.S. firm Johnson And Johnson, one of the biggest manufacturers of medical appliances, warned that its insulin pumps could be hacked, meaning unauthorized persons might be able to change insulin doses of thousands of diabetes patients.
全球最大的医疗设备制造商美国强生公司日前警告称，该公司旗下的胰岛素泵存在安全漏洞，可能被黑客袭击。这意味着未经授权者可以改变数千糖尿病患者注射胰岛素的剂量。
The vulnerability affects only pumps that have wireless remote control, which uses unencrypted radio frequencies, but they are not connected to the internet.
这一漏洞只影响拥有无限远程控制系统的胰岛素泵，这些设备使用了未加密的无线电频率，但是不与互联网相连。
Recently it was revealed some pacemakers and defibrillators also may be open to hacking.
据悉，最近一些心脏起搏器和心脏除颤器也有被黑客利用的风险。
The company said the probability of unauthorized access to its insulin pumps "is extremely low," but it has nevertheless sent warnings to doctors' offices and more than 100,000 patients in the United States and Canada.
强生公司表示，胰岛素泵被黑客入侵的可能“非常低”，但其还是向美国及加拿大的超过11万名客户和诊所发出了警告。
Insulin pumps are wearable devices that automatically adjust the release of insulin according to a diabetic's level of physical activity.
胰岛素泵是一种可穿戴设备，能够通过人体糖尿病水平来自动调节胰岛素剂量。
