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Anyone hit by the massive cyberattack?

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https://phys.org/news/2017-05-huge-cyberattack-microsoft-free-tech.html


Originally posted by sonhouse
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-huge-cyberattack-microsoft-free-tech.html
Probably just you. 😀

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Originally posted by sonhouse
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-huge-cyberattack-microsoft-free-tech.html
Thanks for your help.

$300 was very reasonable, I think.


Originally posted by sonhouse
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-huge-cyberattack-microsoft-free-tech.html
Apparently it was sourced back to a bunch of conspiracy videos on YouTube...

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Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
Probably just you. 😀
Did you look at the link? A bunch of hospitals were attacked, chemotherapy forced to be stopped along with a large number of such attacks all over the world at the same time. This was not about me, I didn't get attacked, just wondered if anyone did.


Originally posted by sonhouse
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-huge-cyberattack-microsoft-free-tech.html
Something about the title mades me not want to go to the link address

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Originally posted by huckleberryhound
Something about the title mades me not want to go to the link address
It was a world wide ransomeware attack, Russian banks, French hospitals, a lot of problems caused by this, made possible by a hole in MS security, MS was forced to come up with a fix which they provided for free, normally charging bucks for the repair.

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Originally posted by sonhouse
Did you look at the link? A bunch of hospitals were attacked, chemotherapy forced to be stopped along with a large number of such attacks all over the world at the same time. This was not about me, I didn't get attacked, just wondered if anyone did.
As I posted yesterday (Wanna Cry?) NHS hospitals were badly hit in UK
with many operations having to be cancelled as medical notes could not
be retrieved.

The MS fix was available in mid-March but obviously not everyone has installed it yet!

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
As I posted yesterday (Wanna Cry?) NHS hospitals were badly hit in UK
with many operations having to be cancelled as medical notes could not
be retrieved.

The MS fix was available in mid-March but obviously not everyone has installed it yet!
48 NHS trusts hit in attack.
8 still to get back to normal.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39909441



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Don't presume to speak for me.


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Ah, you mean you have SPECIFIC pejoratives for him?

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LOL....Good decision!

-VR

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Originally posted by sonhouse
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-huge-cyberattack-microsoft-free-tech.html
No, some of us update our computers and specifically Windows regularly.