Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, Isn't that the whole point of modern day terrorism, 99% of which is state sponsored? Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 4:36 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > It's indeed a mad world where state sponsored cyber pirates can ruin > sick and vulnerable people's lives without any seeming consequence. > Hopefully revenge will be that dish best eaten cold :-) > > Douglas > > On 09/06/2021 05:54, Brian Reid wrote: > > On 2021-06-08 13:10, Douglas Barry wrote: > >> Russian hackers have wrecked Ireland's > >> healthcare computer system, so things are very off track here since > >> the 14th May. > > > > My medical provider, Scripps Health (25 hospitals and clinics, 2500 > > doctors, a million patients) was offline for the entire month of May > > because of a ransomware attack that originated somewhere in a former > > Soviet republic. I had a colonoscopy scheduled for some time in the > > second week of May, but even if I had known when it was scheduled, > > they wouldn't have been able to perform it because their automated > > equipment was disabled. > > > > I had an annual ophthalmology appointment this morning and everything > > worked well (and the ophthalmologist said my eyes look healthy). > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >