Symbia T series Gamma Camera/CT Scanners (2019-07-11)

Starting date:

July 11, 2019

Posting date:

July 26, 2019

Type of communication:

Medical Device Recall

Subcategory:

Medical Device

Hazard classification:

Type II

Source of recall:

Health Canada

Issue:

Medical Devices

Audience:

General Public, Hospitals

Identification number:

RA-70523

Last updated: 2019-07-26

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  Reason
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  Affected products

Affected Products

Symbia T series Gamma Camera/CT Scanners 

Reason

SPECT and SPECT/CT systems are vulnerable to the WannaCry ransomware virus. The ransomware virus is spread via vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Windows Operating System. The ransomware virus encrypts files with certain filename extensions making the files inaccessible. Potential of a targeted attack using specialized knowledge of the system to cause motion.

Affected products