UK battles hacking wave as ransomware gang claims ‘biggest ever’ NHS breach | TechCrunch
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The U.K.’s largest NHS trust is investigating a ransomware incident as the country’s public sector battles a wave of cyberattacks
  • chris002@feddit.ukEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Can anyone explain why data breeches appear to increasing and large organizations appear powerless to prevent?

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’ll put money on out of date OS and lack of budget for any kind of upgrades.

      I’ve just filtered my incoming bug reports by people still running Windows XP. Almost all of them are pharmacies. You tell them to upgrade, and that they’re not PCI-DSS compliant. For 9 years.

      The rest of the NHS is likely even worse.

      Sad thing about IT security, it’s one of those things that costs money and you don’t see the benefits. Only the catastrophic failures.