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Careful with this. This is not a black and white issue. Or should we go to the 90s where you could be fined because you "hacked" a MS webserver by typing ".." i
by AshamedCaptain 6y ago
Careful with this. This is not a black and white issue. Or should we go to the 90s where you could be fined because you "hacked" a MS webserver by typing ".." in the URL bar and the webserver dutifully responded by showing you dir contents _outside_ the web root? Something which you could do almost by accident with a poorly managed copy & paste.
There's not that clear balance between "the door was locked and I broke in" and "you were not even trying to secure this", and I would bet that most of these hospitals tilt to the later (MUMPS comes to mind), up to the point you can cause great havoc just by accident. So I would definitely argue against any absolute "everything is a malware attack" classification.
- lostmsu 6y agoI would totally agree with you in case of criminal organization (though considering the potential damage the prosecution should be more severe). But in case of government-organized attack on hospitals in another country, it would be in the spirit of that international law to treat is the same, because the motive and impact are similar. At the very least country doing this should be isolated.