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  1. 12-05-2017, 05:25 PM #1
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    Default Cyber Attack on George Eliot Hospital

    Wonder how they'll sort this out: http://www.nuneaton-news.co.uk/nunea...ail/story.html
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  2. 12-05-2017, 05:31 PM #2
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    I was reading earlier that it was a ransomware attack affecting several NHS facilities across the country.

    I think this really highlights the ill thought through idea of relying totally on computer systems.

    When I worked for a subsidiary of Ford we had a computer 'outage' and it brought the whole company to a standstill. Even the telephone directories were server based so you couldn't even find out who to call for an update, never mind call up parts for production! That little episode cost a very large portion of the company a lost day's production.
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  3. 12-05-2017, 05:45 PM #3
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    It appears that Spain has been attacked too...

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  4. 12-05-2017, 06:07 PM #4
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    Allegedly, this is the computer screen...

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  5. 12-05-2017, 06:40 PM #5
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    From a few months back...

    NHS security flaws put patients at risk

    Heads should roll!
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  6. 13-05-2017, 07:48 PM #6
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    A bit of background & information on the attack: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39901382
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