re: #72 Alephnaught

Looks like the “NHS Cyberattack” is part of a huge international attack:

nytimes.com

Also, a lot of people are noticing that loads of NHS computers are still using Windows XP, which Microsoft stopped supporting in 2014, except for paid support. The UK government stopped paying in 2015…

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If that’s the case, the attack came from inside the government. You can’t connect an XP machine to the Internet. It’s just not an option due to security holes.