St. Jude, Short-Seller Wrestle Over Alleged Security Vulnerabilities
Executive Summary
After Muddy Waters Research issued a report recently alleging potentially fatal cybersecurity flaws in a significant number of St. Jude's pacemakers, the research group and device-maker have been at loggerheads over the validity of the claims.
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