Re:Microsoft Issues WanaCrypt Patch for Windows 8, XP
by devwastaken on Saturday May 13, 2017 @12:31PM
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"once again"? There's been thousands of reasons why already, this is just one piece of malware in the giant field. These companies don't care, and in many cases it doesn't make sense to care because the device isn't even capable of direct internet access and is just embedded XP.
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Re:Microsoft Issues WanaCrypt Patch for Windows 8, XP
by RndPwn on Saturday May 13, 2017 @12:34PM
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how would these offline devices get patched?
Re:Microsoft Issues WanaCrypt Patch for Windows 8, XP
by devwastaken on Saturday May 13, 2017 @06:21PM
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They're not offline, theyre just not directly connected. Instead, they're on an in-house network which relays the info back over VPN, or can only be connected to specific addresses over VPN.