Cybersecurity
Carson Block Takes on St. Jude Medical Claiming Hack Risk
- Scathing report on pacemaker flaws urges product recall
- Muddy Waters’s claim could derail Abbott plan to buy St. Jude
Carson Block Shorts St. Jude on Hack Threat
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Carson Block, the renowned short-seller and founder of research firm Muddy Waters LLC, has taken a short position in St. Jude Medical Inc., denouncing the security of its cardiac devices in an effort that could derail the company’s purchase by Abbott Laboratories.
In a report to investors Thursday, Block warned that tens of thousands of Americans are living with ticking time bombs: St. Jude pacemakers and defibrillators that are easily compromised, causing potentially fatal disruptions.