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NHS Hospitals Are Running Thousands of Computers on Unsupported Windows XP

• davidf18 9y ago
  "Financially-motivated hackers have targeted hospitals before, particularly in the US. A source from The Dark Overlord, a hacker or group of hackers that has recently stolen data from medical organisations for ransom, summed up how much of a security issue using out-of-date Windows XP machines might pose. "We like to imagine even updated Windows XP platforms [are] like an unlocked Honda Civic from the 1980s," they told Motherboard in an online chat." Also: NHS patients being put 'at risk' because of cybersecurity flaws http://news.sky.com/story/nhs-patients-being-put-at-risk-because-of-cybersecurity-flaws-10657537 http://news.sky.com/story/nhs-patients-being-put-at-risk-bec...