5 ms·
The "ain't broke don't fix it" attitude makes sense when you consider e.g. a medical scanning device with a Windows-based console. Those things generally live o
by titanomachy 8y ago
The "ain't broke don't fix it" attitude makes sense when you consider e.g. a medical scanning device with a Windows-based console. Those things generally live offline and get tested and approved as an integral unit, including the exact software loaded on them at the time.
Unfortunately, that attitude in healthcare leaks to things which _are_ connected to the internet, and you get disgraceful incidents like the hacking of Britain's NHS in 2017.
- Quarrelsome 8y agowhere the guy that helped stop the attack got locked up by the US feds for stuff he did in his teens while visiting a security conference. They've kept him locked up on anything they can drum up for the purposes of flipping him. Has it been two years already?