• subignition@kbin.social
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    “This cyberattack on a hospital not only could have had disastrous consequences, but patient’s personal information was also compromised,” said Chris Hacker, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta.

    Irl relevant username

    • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.world
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      “if you don’t pay us protection money, we will burn your hospital down (but in a ‘nothing on the computer network works’ kind of way)”

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    57 months of probation? No, that should be jail time.

    On the upside, boy did he expose how weak security is.

    How the hell did he get caught? “Security expert” , right?

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      How the hell did he get caught? “Security expert” , right?

      I went to a conference that CISA talked at. They are actively scanning the Internet for threats to infrastructure and institutions and work closely with the FBI to track people down. They contact a lot of people about cyber attacks. Like a LOT.

  • A_A@lemmy.world
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    if only really simple and really secure systems (software) existed.
    I mean, flaws comes from complexity and obscurity.