ICTChris Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 Scratch that, the Russian Internal Affairs Ministry have been hit with this. Russian authorities tend to turn a blind eye to hackers and careers as long as they don't target Russia. If some Russian hacker has decided to target the Russian Internal Ministry, expect them to either spend the fee decades in Siberia or turn up south of alive PDQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 10 hours ago, ICTChris said: Scratch that, the Russian Internal Affairs Ministry have been hit with this. Russian authorities tend to turn a blind eye to hackers and careers as long as they don't target Russia. If some Russian hacker has decided to target the Russian Internal Ministry, expect them to either spend the fee decades in Siberia or turn up south of alive PDQ. If it was the Russians, it would give the game away a bit if they were the only country unaffected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 15 hours ago, WeAreElgin said: This is being described in the press as a targeted and sophisticated cyber attack on our poor NHS when in reality some stupid old c**t has opened an attachment on an email. Pretty much - any organisation's cyber security's only ever as good as its dimmest employee. I'm assuming in this particular instance something fairly elaborate has been used - most people would be able to get round the old-style screenlock ones in five minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreElgin Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Pretty much - any organisation's cyber security's only ever as good as its dimmest employee. I'm assuming in this particular instance something fairly elaborate has been used - most people would be able to get round the old-style screenlock ones in five minutes. Indeed. Anyone that works with that amount of sensitive personal information, especially public-sector, should be aware of basic network best practices.I'd wager that it wouldn't be too hard to find out who was responsible in the first place, and they should be getting fucking hammered for this. If there was a hypothetical scenario where someone left a bank vault open because they didn't understand the lock - and the place was robbed blind - then I'd expect them to be held responsible and this is no different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DI Bruce Robertson Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 In answer to the thread title- yes it is, by the Tory government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 I bet most of the NHS trusts just paid the $300/600 ransom, and we'll never hear about it. Probably the rational approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Stuart Dickson imho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMFC Mitchy Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Buzzing to head in to work tomorrow. Been off all week and I have no doubt there will be a nice wee PR email about this. Some great points on this thread, and the sarcastic comments are so close to the actual truth it's scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 My employer hasn't suffered the hack yet, but I reckon the person that sent this company-wide update is a stick-on to be dumb enough to open a dodgy attachment at some point in the near future. "Ramsonware" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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