Fon Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 The NHS has been hit by a major cyber attack, with hackers demanding a ransom. Hospitals are understood to have lost the use of phonelines and computers, with some diverting all but emergency patients elsewhere. NHS Cyber Attack! Fon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neoburner Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Big one, was a matter of time... Windows XP still sits out there because of lack of the investment / funding! One of my mates lab even got hit becuse he still has a 2003 server in there ffs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snuffs99 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Fucking joke of the NHS tbh, what do they expect when 90% of their trusts are using outdated software....and lets be honest its not exactly "slightly" out of date either. Whats more of a piss take is that the NHS was meant to be getting all new IT infrastructure years ago at a stupid cost to the taxpayers and this is the result? Their whole IT dept needs sacking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neoburner Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 The irony of it is that most of it is outsourced... actually ended up doing some work with their so called techs at one point and was a mess, couldn't tie their shoes let alone do anything else... its a digital war now and we are no where near ready! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snuffs99 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Gone worldwide now (99 countries)...think someones been playing with leaked NSA software by any chance?....joke a minute. Avast alone reports 75,000 cases worldwide....X by $300. Ahh BBC got the story. A massive cyber-attack using tools believed to have been developed by the US National Security Agency has struck organisations around the world. Computers in thousands of locations have been locked by a programme that demands $300 (£230) in Bitcoin. In April hackers known as The Shadow Brokers claimed to have stolen the tools and released them online. Microsoft released a patch for the vulnerability in March, but many systems may not have been updated. How big is the attack? There have been reports of infections in 99 countries, including the UK, US, China, Russia, Spain, Italy and Taiwan. Cyber-security firm Avast said it had seen 75,000 cases of the ransomware - known as WannaCry and variants of that name - around the world. "This is huge," said Jakub Kroustek at Avast. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39901382 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neoburner Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 It's nuts... But I really want it to be a 16 year old kid who was just having a laugh, will just show the finance teams how much should have been invested into the protection of such event. MS released the patch 2 months ago for this! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktv303 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 it does sound like its some numpty that has just released it en mass , surely no real ransomer would expect the nhs and the likes to cough up. even though the problem was fixed by ms before it even started you can bet your last 2p itl be used as an excuse for the gov to go mental in some way or another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suke Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 I may be a bit dumb here but how do they get away with it. If you have to pay a ransom is it not possible to follow the trail? There is some pretty clever guys out there is it not possible to get to the source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neoburner Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Usually yes, it's the bitcoin trail that makes it a little difficult the block chains can go through hundreds of hops.. And by the time any TX is made then they have moved on or covered tracks etc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snuffs99 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 I rekon its Diane abbott or one of her relatives.....bitcoins are limited to 20 odd million and those who sent out this ransomware are wanting at least half of the worlds bitcoins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suke Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 ive heard of bitcoin but not how it works. So how do you transfer this to hard cash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktv303 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 It may be just a coincidence but I heard Jeremy cunt has offered the beleaguered nhs staff a pay rise..... In bitcoins *raises eyebrow* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snuffs99 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 ive heard of bitcoin but not how it works. So how do you transfer this to hard cash? Can either sell bitcoins private in small batches or use one of the exchanges like MTGOX etc which will then pay into your bank etc etc. Thing with bitcoin is once they move it out of the wallet they are using for payments from this hack then its almost impossible to trace after that, even more so if they do multiple bitcoin transfers before they get to the withdraw stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippie Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Interesting stuff, the way it works. I like the way they're now saying please don't edit the kill switch address or it'll just carry on spreading lol Hardly seems worth it for the $35 000 they made this weekend (less than 150 payments so far) against what they've caused and the punishment coming their way if they get caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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