NSA Looking to Exploit Internet of Things, Including Biomedical Devices, Official Says

Posted by bob on Jun 13, 2016 10:34 AM EDT
The Intercept; By Jenna McLaughlin
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Biomedical devices could be a new source of information for the NSA’s data hoards — “maybe a niche kind of thing … a tool in the toolbox,” he said, though he added that there are easier ways to keep track of overseas terrorists and foreign intelligence agents. When asked if the entire scope of the Internet of Things — billions of interconnected devices — would be “a security nightmare or a signals intelligence bonanza,” he replied, “Both.”

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