I’m currently getting infection reports from organizations all over — this thing is spreading crazy fast and indiscriminately it seems.
A consequence of the ransomware outbreak, a patient says, 'My heart surgery was cancelled’https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/863098953381924864 …
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All hands on deck InfoSec, we’re in for a LONG weekend… and the week to follow.
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What if my business has zero Windows machines (300ppl company)?
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It looks like the malware only infects Windows machines vulnerable to EternalBlue.
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Win10 isn't vulnerable IIRC, right?
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I’m not 100% sure.
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Can someone explain to me why a heart surgeon can't perform surgery because the computers are down?
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Is this some inability to access records/images that need to be used during surgery or something?
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I assume that there's no PC that needs to be operational *during* the surgery, that would be connected to the internet, right?
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Drs need access to patient records to research, plan, order medications, schedule and also update. All the day-to-day operational stuff.
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technically care can still be given, but slower using a paper backup system, which causes cancellation for other patients.
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Okay - so heart surgeons are still doing heart surgery today, but due to other logistics they can't do as many.
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Mostly — yes.
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Thanks.
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I just wonder how many people may die because of this?
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No idea. I really, really hope not. But if it’s not this one, it’s gonna happen eventually. :(
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Medical software is such a garbage-fire. I *really* hope this makes them *slightly* more likely to upgrade software?
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It's not the medical software which makes it vulnerable, not directly at least. Updates and all the testing that that requires cost lots.
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It's not *just* the medical software, no. There seems to be a pervasive industry allergy to best practices all around. In my (limited) exp.
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I imagine budgets come into the equation.
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I think it's mostly-cultural, personally. That is, if you doubled the money in medical software I don't think it would get more secure
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Oh wait, you're not talking about the UK
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Right, North America mostly. Still, I imagine a lot of the same players are involved...?
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