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I do think that someone needs to have a good go at suing these exploit hoarders.
by hardlianotion 9y ago
I do think that someone needs to have a good go at suing these exploit hoarders.
- Eric_WVGG 9y agoI'm not sure what you mean by "exploit hoarders," but that got me thinking. [edit: ah, thanks] Institutions weigh costs, and somewhere these hospitals decided that having unmaintained, aging information systems, was more cost-effective than either maintaining or upgrading the systems. Thus, problems like this will not go away until NOT-fixing the systems is more expensive than fixing the systems. So what does that take? Fines? Irony alert: the hospital that ignores aging systems and hopes that they never get hacked are not at all unlike people who lack health insurance and hope they never get injured or sick.
- hardlianotion 9y agoI meant the NSA in this case, but I agree there is are problem organisations with data protection responsibilities that do not prioritise them highly enough.
- danesparza 9y agoLooks like you'd have to file suit against specific employees: http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/suing-government-negligence-FTCA-29705.html http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/suing-government-negl... It also looks like there are some pretty severe restrictions on the timeline of the suit. Good luck!