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Re:Cyberattacks in 12 Nations Said to Use Leaked N.S.A. Hack... by linkregister on Friday May 12, 2017 @08:49PM (#14329033)
Surgeries are scheduled in advance except for the most urgent procedures; most surgeons and surgical nurses don't work on weekends.

Surgeon workstations can absolutely be restarted once per month to install the monthly roll-up.

The article mentions patient records servers and receptionist computers being affected by the ransomware. Not life support equipment.

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Re:Cyberattacks in 12 Nations Said to Use Leaked N.S.A. Hack... by notalaser on Saturday May 13, 2017 @04:46AM (#14330049)
> Surgeon workstations can absolutely be restarted once per month to install the monthly roll-up.

I was replying to the part about forcing updates. I didn't know about the group policy setting (rightfully pointed out by sp332); without it, you don't wait a month, you wait at most 12 hours :-).

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