Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF) recalls Medtronic CareLink 2090 Programmer. Used to interrogate and program Medtronic and Vitatron implantable devices, such as

Recalled March 25, 2020 · FDA recall Z-1524-2020 · Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF)

Hazard

Medtronic Conexus Telemetry has been determined to contain two primary cyber vulnerabilities: improper access control and the cleartext transmission of sensitive information. · FDA Class II

Units

23,180 devices

Sold at

Worldwide distribution. US Nationwide including Puerto Rico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Peru, Bermuda, Barbados, Ecuador, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Mexico, Jamaica, Japan, Belgium, Greece, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Austria, Suriname, Netherlands, Aruba, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Sweden, Czech Republic, Ireland, France, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Guadeloupe, Reunion, Mauritius, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Namibia, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Iceland, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Macedonia, Iraq, Pakistan, Sudan, Jordan, Morocco, Belarus, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Egypt, Turkey, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia, Cyprus, Oman, Slovenia, Algeria, Malta, Croatia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Kuwait, Latvia, Ukraine, Andorra, Burkina Faso, Nepal, Mayotte, French Guiana, Martinique, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Yemen, Slovakia, Iran, Canada, Lithuania, United States, Cote D'Ivoire, Nicaragua, Zimbabwe, Azerbaijan, Albania, Ghana, India, Israel, Guam, American Samoa, Korea, Armenia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Australia, Taiwan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Viet Nam, Singapore, New Zealand, Indonesia, Philippines, Angola, Rwanda, Northern Mariana Islands, Senegal, Cameroon, Botswana,Russian Federation, Montenegro, China, Turkmenistan, St. Maarten, Tanzania, Kyrgyzstan, Netherlands Antilles, Cuba, Romania, Mongolia, Kosovo, Tajikistan, Benin, Ethiopia, Moldova, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Thailand

Description

Medtronic Conexus Telemetry has been determined to contain two primary cyber vulnerabilities: improper access control and the cleartext transmission of sensitive information.

Product

Medtronic CareLink 2090 Programmer. Used to interrogate and program Medtronic and Vitatron implantable devices, such as pacemaker/ICD/CRT.

Manufacturer(s)

Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF)

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Official recall notice on fda.gov →