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Windows Virus Takes Out Gov't Agencies in MD, PA
Zolzar writes "Looks like the Md. State Motor Vehicles Administration is the first government agency reporting a failure of their systems due to the recent virus." This is a more specific story about the outage. And the city of Philadelphia has suffered as well.
A Felony is a Felony. If I leave my wallet in my locked car, and some punk uses an "exploit" involving a coat hanger to unlock the door and steal it, that doesn't make him any less likely to go to jail if caught. Hack the wrong computer with your little "piece of art" and you can disappear and never be heard from again these days. You won't be missed.
"Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked."; ~ Donald J. Trump
You would be quite frightened to hear what goes on in medical networks. The medical networks I have expierence with have gaping holes and are all linked together via a giant lan. Few people have firewalls and most security attempts are thwarted by doctors demanding that they be excluded from any policy that isn't transparent to them. It's hard to explain, but medical networks are not anything like you'd imagine. (Much less any DMZ or special segmentation.)