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Can a Cardiac Pacemaker Help Find a Missing Person?

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Medical Device Cyber Experts Explain Data, Signal Constraints Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • February 6, 2026

Cyber experts say there are limitations to capturing the data emitted by cardiac pacemakers. But might certain information be unwittingly transmitted to disclose a patient's location? (Image: Shutterstock)

It's been widely reported that the last time kidnap victim Nancy Guthrie's implanted cardiac pacemaker synched up with her smartphone was around 2 a.m. on Feb. 1, the morning she - the mother of NBC Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie - was abducted from her Tucson, Arizona, home.

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The pacemaker stopped transmitting data to her phone presumably because the 84-year-old Guthrie's cardiac implant was too far out of range. Both Guthrie's smartphone and AppleWatch were found at her home after she went missing.

Law enforcement have reportedly been in touch with ...


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