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Extensive input from the BPL blog 15Dec: https://blogs.bl.uk/living-knowledge/2023/12/knowledge-under-attack.html https://blogs.bl.uk/living-knowledge/2023/12/
by wrycoder 3y ago
Extensive input from the BPL blog 15Dec:
https://blogs.bl.uk/living-knowledge/2023/12/knowledge-under-attack.html https://blogs.bl.uk/living-knowledge/2023/12/knowledge-under...
Edit: They were legally forbidden to pay the £600,000 ransom.
- 8372049 3y ago> They were legally forbidden to pay the £600,000 ransom. That should have been the case for all ransoms everywhere.
- Obscurity4340 3y agoY do you think thats NOT the case? Is it a Chernobyl type situation or is there something else I'm missing (lack of technical literacy or refusal to hire appropos consultantz in the public interest?)
- carstenhag 3y agoHospitals have been attacked and lives have been at risk (or people died, pretty sure there are articles on this) - paying a ransom could be okayish in this case.
- danielheath 3y agoIn that case, hospitals would become the only profitable targets for criminals... not sure that leads where we'd like it to.
- Obscurity4340 3y agoDon't you think if hospitals are carved out as an exception that the incentive structure basically gurantees hackers only really target hospitals tho? Not really sure what Im trying to say here [blush]
- carstenhag 3y agoI am aware of this. Come on, we are on an IT board here. But do you really think most voters and politicians understand this? If people are dying, money is always seen as a quick solution, and who are we to blame?
- hulitu 3y agoBut they pay "ransom" to Microsoft.