Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's indeed a mad world where state sponsored cyber pirates can ruin sick and vulnerable people's lives without any seeming consequence. Hopefully revenge will be that dish best eaten cold :-) Douglas On 09/06/2021 05:54, Brian Reid wrote: > On 2021-06-08 13:10, Douglas Barry wrote: >> Russian hackers have wrecked Ireland's >> healthcare computer system, so things are very off track here since >> the 14th May. > > My medical provider, Scripps Health (25 hospitals and clinics, 2500 > doctors, a million patients) was offline for the entire month of May > because of a ransomware attack that originated somewhere in a former > Soviet republic. I had a colonoscopy scheduled for some time in the > second week of May, but even if I had known when it was scheduled, > they wouldn't have been able to perform it because their automated > equipment was disabled. > > I had an annual ophthalmology appointment this morning and everything > worked well (and the ophthalmologist said my eyes look healthy). > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information