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title: Your Body is Your Internet -- and Now it Can't be Hacked
description: Devices embedded within the body such as insulin pumps and pacemakers are vulnerable to attack from hackers, which would have life-threatening implications. Although no such attacks have been recorded, scientists are working to prevent them by ensuring the communication signals that these devices emit remain within the body, rendering them (and you) unhackable.
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# [Your Body is Your Internet -- and Now it Can't be Hacked](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/your-body-is-your-internet-and-now-it-cant-be-hacked)

 Written by [Jeff Hopkins](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/author/jeff-hopkins) | 8/4/19 6:45 PM

Devices embedded within the body such as insulin pumps and pacemakers are vulnerable to attack from hackers, which would have life-threatening implications. Although no such attacks have been recorded, scientists are working to prevent them by ensuring **the communication signals that these devices emit remain within the body**, rendering them (and you) unhackable.

[Read the full article on* Science Daily *→](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190312151233.htm)

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