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James river freeway slowed to a crawl as water spilled over the roads. power was knocked out to hundreds of homes. forget your twitter account. according to a new security warning, hackers could actually target important medical devices, implanted ones, like pacemakers, even hospital monitoring stations. cnn's brian todd has more. >> reporter: a cyber security firm has found major vulnerabilities that would allow hackers access to pacemakers, anesthesia devices, monitoring stations and other life-sustaining medical equipment, a threat so real, the fda is taking action. it's the story line in...

And spying and all of the ways our privacy is being compromised, but this is about life and death. we're learning that cyber attackers have the ability to disable certain medical devices that help keep millions of people alive. the fda is worried enough that it's taking action. cnn's brian todd is digging into this story. he joins us now live on this very important story. brian? >> jim, we have spoken to the cyber security experts who alerted the fda to this problem. they told us it was so easy for them to hack into the devices like pacemakers and defibrillators that they had to tell the gover...