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I believe NHS doesn't use pirated software, right?
by ganfortran 9y ago
I believe NHS doesn't use pirated software, right?
- umanwizard 9y agoThey use software past its support lifetime, which from a security perspective amounts to basically the same thing
- JumpCrisscross 9y agoThe Guardian reports that "some expensive hardware (such as MRI scanners)" may be locked into Windows XP. https://www.theguardian.com/society/live/2017/may/12/england-hospitals-cyber-attack-nhs-live-updates https://www.theguardian.com/society/live/2017/may/12/england...
- ghostly_s 9y agoI don't really care if an MRI scanner is running XP presuming it's airgapped. Your MRI scanner is airgapped...right??
- celticninja 9y agoWhy? It sends scanned images to doctors so it can't be airgapped. It's not a Polaroid MRI.
- JumpCrisscross 9y agoWonder how much control the computer has over the machine. MRIs are heavy beasts. An uncontrolled quenching or erratic or unexpected protocol could injure or even kill.
- mrob 9y agoAn air-gap might indeed be inconvenient, but it doesn't need full network access just to send images. It can send the images to an up-to-date system over a "data diode" network. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidirectional_network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidirectional_network
- smhenderson 9y agoDespite the potential inconvenience I would suggest airgapped + sneaker net is a far better option for anything running XP at this point. How hard would it be to put a supported windows on the network right next to the XP box and transfer files via flash drives?
- jessaustin 9y agoOne would have to enforce this, because it would be quite tempting to simply switch the network cable from the new box to the old one. Users DGAF.
- smhenderson 9y agoDespite the potential inconvenience I would suggest airgapped + sneaker net is a far better option for anything running XP at this point. How hard would it be to put a supported windows on the network right next to the XP box and transfer files via flash drives?
- lacampbell 9y agoIncredibly common for computers attached to expensive pieces of hardware to use very old operating systems. Even in very high tech places with a lot of money to throw around.
- omegaham 9y agoCan confirm, work at Intel. All of our electron microscopes run off of Windows XP.
- linkregister 9y agoHow many MRIs were infected at the NHS? (I have seen 0 reports of anything other than receptionist and patient records computers)
- rxhernandez 9y agoIt's not like companies in my industry can rewrite embedded tools on the fly. The costs can be way too prohibitive for class c software.