
signing routine and invented a microcontroller-
based gadget that could initialize a field repair.
He improvised housings for this out of small
electronic devices, like alarm clocks and guitar
pedals, and mailed them to hospitals all over the
world. The technicians at these hospitals were
able to cannibalize parts from multiple busted
ventilators to make working ones.
Lucky for the world's
sick and dying, a
Polish technician
went rogue.
VIN-locking is a globally attractive nuisance.
The rogue Polish Medtronic tech has stayed
anonymous because Poland is part of the EU,
and the EU unwisely allowed the U.S. Trade Rep
to pressure it into adopting ...