Sheila Jackson Lee: “I want to thank the minority for its support of this legislation and ask my colleagues to support it. As I do so, Mr.…”

“I want to thank the minority for its support of this legislation and ask my colleagues to support it. As I do so, Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record an article, ``DHS Flags Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in Philips Patient Monitors: The Department of Homeland Security has issued an advisory about cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the wireless local area network modules of Philips IntelliVue portable patient monitors.'' [Sept. 13, 2019] DHS Flags Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in Philips Patient Monitors The Department of Homeland Security has Issued an Advisory About Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in the Wireless Local Area Network Modules of Philips IntelliVue Portable Patient Monitors (By Fred Donovan) The Department of Homeland Security has issued (https:// www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsma-19-255-01) an advisory about cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the wireless local area network (WLAN) modules of certain Philips IntelliVue portable patient monitors. DHS's Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) warned that an attacker could corrupt the IntelliVue WLAN firmware and alter the data flow over to the patient monitor, causing an inoperative condition alert at the device and central station. The vulnerable patient monitors are IntelliVue MP monitors MP20-MP90, MP5/5SC, MP2/X2, and MX800/700/600. The vulnerabilities include use of hard-coded password and download of code without integrity check.…”