This is a very serious Ransomware attack

Pagan · 2017-05-13, 06:10 AM

At the same time, much of this could have been prevented simply up keeping the operating systems up to date. I would expect private citizens to be hit, but the UK's NHS? Really? The infection has spread to 99 countries now and growing.

From The Guardian's article this morning,

"In December it was reported that nearly all NHS trusts were using an obsolete version of Windows for which Microsoft had stopped providing security updates in April 2014. Data acquired by software firm Citrix under freedom of information laws suggested 90% of trusts were using Windows XP, then a 15-year-old system."

The Guardian may not be the most reliable news source, but this is scary. The NHS was pretty much immobilized by this attack. Makes you wonder sometimes.

2017-05-13, 06:10 AM	#3
Pagan Perverted Empress Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 5,068	At the same time, much of this could have been prevented simply up keeping the operating systems up to date. I would expect private citizens to be hit, but the UK's NHS? Really? The infection has spread to 99 countries now and growing. From The Guardian's article this morning, "In December it was reported that nearly all NHS trusts were using an obsolete version of Windows for which Microsoft had stopped providing security updates in April 2014. Data acquired by software firm Citrix under freedom of information laws suggested 90% of trusts were using Windows XP, then a 15-year-old system." The Guardian may not be the most reliable news source, but this is scary. The NHS was pretty much immobilized by this attack. Makes you wonder sometimes. __________________ Is it naptime yet?