It doesn't really target. It's indiscriminate.I've heard about ransomware before, being used against individuals. I didn't realise it had becoem sophisticated enough that it can attack something the size of the NHS though. I don't want to add fuel to any speculation fires, but from what I understand the previous cases have often originated in rural areas of Eastern Europe and Russia.
The article seems to think it is no more sinister than its previous attacks and it has just wound up at the NHS by mistake.
It doesn't really target. It's indiscriminate.
One person receives an email in a company and the software attached emails to others on the contact list or attempts to install on shared servers so other users are infected.
NHS can claim it isn't to blame but less than 6 months ago they were reported as still using 1000s of unsupported windows XP machines, making them extremely vulnerable.
http://www.silicon.co.uk/security/nhs-hospitals-data-risk-outdated-windows-xp-201761
Strong and stable IT in the national interest.
I blame Corbyn and the EUSSR
The trouble is that technology has become a major part of modern society and the people who make the modern decisions don't know the first thing about it. Some members of the government have been calling for backdoors to be built into security methods, and in some cases thinking encryption should be banned. The first case is fairly dumb, but the second is unforgiveably stupid, you can't enforce a ban on maths.
It seems to be getting resolved now, and fortunately (literally) it has been stopped from spreading. It would be good if this could kick start some change, and increase some understanding.
Has that spiteful coward Jeremy Hunt commented yet?
Didn't some IT chap stumble across a stop-switch by registering a domain he noticed the programme was checking before replicating?
And as of last night, I've seen nothing at all from Hunt. The Tories cuts made this happen, but they are absolute experts in playing 'hide the c***'. Mrs May will be on TV later saying 'strong and stable' repeatedly to an invited and carefully vetted dozen or so sycophants, though, so everything is ok.
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