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| From | "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Windows? |
| Date | 2016-02-16 13:42 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <n9vqdf$n7d$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <20160216191422.48cb0e82@maxa-pc> |
"Melzzzzz" <mel@zzzzz.com> wrote in message
news:20160216191422.48cb0e82@maxa-pc...
> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/133874/20160216/hackers-hold-hollywood-hospital-s-computer-system-hostage-demand-3-6-million-as-patients-transferred.htm
> "
> Hackers have taken the computer system of the Hollywood Presbyterian
> Medical Center hostage, demanding 9,000 Bitcoin or $3.6 million.
> "
"The administration has forbidden the use of other computers
for fear that the harmful software could spread to more workstations."
Most likely Windows if it's workstations.
I could see local data being encrypted/taken-hostage but all the important
stuff at a hospital should be on some backend DB running on a server. IT
should constantly be backing up this data. If the servers weren't
compromised (and they shouldn't have) then what does the $3.6M get them?
Did they get in by leaving USB drives in the parking lot?
There are always going to be places with terrible security practices. The
hackers just need to find them.
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Windows? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-02-16 19:14 +0100
Re: Windows? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-02-16 13:42 -0500
Re: Windows? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-02-16 19:54 +0100
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Re: Windows? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-02-16 15:23 -0500
Re: Windows? Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-02-17 12:44 +0000
Re: Windows? owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-02-16 20:05 +0000
Re: Windows? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-02-16 15:34 -0500
Re: Windows? owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-02-16 21:05 +0000
Re: Windows? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-02-16 16:42 -0500
Re: Windows? owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-02-16 22:13 +0000
Re: Windows? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-02-16 19:41 -0500
Re: Windows? owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-02-17 00:49 +0000
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Re: Windows? Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-02-17 14:16 +0000
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