Ransomware infection cuts off blood supply to 250+ hospitals

The Register ^ | 7/31/24

[EBH]

Okay...hmmm...

[xoxox]

imagine a civilization reliant upon nanometer-thick silicon wafers.

[fwdude]

Call it the homo-virus. It has had the same effect.

[CodeToad]

Imagine living in the 1300’s.

[NWFree]

Vampires 🧛‍♂️ most affected

[xoxox]

so those are the only two choices?

[SaxxonWoods]

Where is the enforcement against these criminals?

[1Old Pro]

Where is the enforcement against these criminals?

Tied up looking for Jan 6 trespassers.

[Salvavida]

This is a Delta Force mission once the perps are identified.

[Grampa Dave]

O positive donors can donate to any positive patients.

Anyone with an Rh positive blood type can receive O positive red blood cells – so that’s A positive, B positive and AB positive as well as O positive. That means 3 in 4 people, or around 76% of the population, can benefit from your donation.

[Leaning Right]

> Where is the enforcement against these criminals? <

We have the technology to put a man on the Moon. But we are evidently helpless against Internet criminals who prey on businesses and private individuals.

I dunno. Maybe there’s just no money in it for the Deep State.

[hanamizu]

We have the technology to put a man on the Moon.

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We did, a half-century ago. Right now getting astronauts to and from the ISS some 250 miles in ‘space”, seems to be a bridge too far.

[EBH]

That’s great except they are having problems taking, testing, and delivering...

[wally_bert]

I’d have no problem with a cruise missile or laser guided munition used on people who wreak this kind of havoc.

[Seaplaner]

What poor excuses for humans would cause such a thing?

And related......

Imagine if we Americans were forced into being a cashless society and the ransom attackers figured out a weakness in the security matrix?

[CodeToad]

Thinking you should live without computers pretty much says it doesn’t matter what period of time you choose if you’re going to be a Luddite.

[xp38]

Computers which are known to be hacked or shut down at any time have to have back ups or alternatives for critical things. If they don’t things like this happen. How did blood supplies work before computerization?

[fretzer]

The feature size is measured in nm. The wafer is around .5mm thick.

[xoxox]

ah, of course, so indestructible. my bad.

[Mouton]

The enforcement should include a hellfire through their window.