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On 12/05/17 18:11, Roland Tarver via list wrote: > > > On 12/05/17 17:41, daniel Phillips wrote: >> Will this malware remove all patient details and personal information? >> Quite a worrying scenario!! I assume information is backed up...should >> have switched to Linux, I feel along time ago. > > > I did notice on the bbc site that all the affected computers all ran > some version of Windows. Although if linux was a larger target I guess > there would be more folk writing ransonware for it. > > I certainly agree, it is very worrying. I wonder how the government > will respond? > > cheers > roly :-) > > > i am sure the recent MS update was some sort of emergency patch, to fix a problem that would allow execution of code without e-mails being opened, which reading other parts of this thread is sort of what may have happened. I am not fully sure how updates / patches are implement i am guessing people test things first, so adding delays esp across a huge organization like the NHS. Quite how the government respond is if we can find where this originated from, then it is a case of how we respond. Paul -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq