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CEOs of Ontario hospitals hit by ransomware attack break down impact on operations, patients (www.cbc.ca)

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Hospital CEOs hold 1st news conference since Oct. 23 attack

Jennifer La Grassa · CBC News

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They honestly don't need to. Knowing what I know from friends who work on the healthcare IT systems, the shit has been totally devastatingly out of date in so many ways.

Part of it is planned obsolescence, where you have a perfectly good MRI machine that only works on Windows 95 and isn't airgapped from the rest of the network. Part of it is just skimping on IT costs, but their security has been Swiss Cheese for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

That's awful