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I think the point people are missing is that hospitals don't just stop providing services when they are hit by ransomware, at least not in my admittedly limited
by aerostable_slug 5y ago
I think the point people are missing is that hospitals don't just stop providing services when they are hit by ransomware, at least not in my admittedly limited experience. There's a ton of paper involved even today and life could move on with ballpoint pens and forms.
The game was changed when Colonial closed the valves and services were impacted.
- Scoundreller 5y agoAnd downtime procedures. They’re not perfect, but like pipelines, they existed and operated before computers.
- matmatmatmat 5y agoThere is actually a counterexample to this that is happening right now. The Scripps hospital system in San Diego was hit with ransomware about two weeks ago and has been more or less down since then. Patients are not able to make new appointments, medical records are unavailable. My understanding is that doctors are still seeing patients if they have existing appointments, but surgeries are getting performed at other hospitals in other health systems.