Wannacry ransomware cost the British National Health Service £92m ($121m)

[doctorow]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/10/15/asymmetrical-warfare.html

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[davide405]

It’s okay, they’re going to save three times that much every week, once they leave the EU

/s

[GilbertWham]

With computers supplied by Capita, it’s hard to tell whether you’ve been hit by malware, or it’s just Tuesday.

[bexwhitt]

but did it, or was much needed updates done to thousands of updated computers.

[shmello]

Stop there. Don’t step on the narrative that the NSA wreaked havoc on us all by wrecking computer security.

I’m too tired from partisan fact fights to have to look at different facets of this with any sophistication.