CareLink 2090 Programmer (2020-08-27)

Starting date:

August 27, 2020

Posting date:

September 25, 2020

Type of communication:

Medical Device Recall

Subcategory:

Medical Device

Hazard classification:

Type II

Source of recall:

Health Canada

Issue:

Medical Devices

Audience:

General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals

Identification number:

RA-73993

Last updated:
2020-09-25

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  Reason
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  Affected products

Affected Products

CareLink 2090 Programmer

Reason

Medtronic notifying customers regarding two cybersecurity improvements for software.

The first improvement is related to the Medtronic Software Distribution Network, or SDN. On October 11, 2018, in association with a field advisory, Medtronic released a security bulletin and temporarily disabled external access to the SDN vulnerabilities described in the security bulletin have been mitigated; no further action is required.

The second improvement includes software updates to address cybersecurity vulnerabilities related to Medtronic Conexus Telemetry. On March 21 2019, Medtronic posted a security bulletin regarding these vulnerabilities Medtronic now has regulatory approval to release the first in a series of updates to address these vulnerabilities.

Affected products