Added this as an update to the story on the wiper attack on medtech giant Stryker, which doesn't just sell medical devices: A number of hospitals have opted to disconnect from Stryker's online services to minimize risk from the attack, including LifeNet, a service used by countless hospitals to send EKGs etc. from emergency responders to the emergency room in advance of the patient arriving (to speed up treatment, minimize heart tissue damage, etc). Some states, e.g., Maryland, actually require the transmission of this information, and are asking providers who have disconnected from LifeNet to start using the phone to describe the results of EKGs recorded by emergency personnel in the field.
