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Re:Spain's hospital IT systems under “massive attack” (in Sp... by pjc50 on Monday March 23, 2020 @12:42PM (#22665759)
I have a horrible suspicion that the attacks are continuous and ongoing, but the high stress levels of the present situation make it easier for people to click on the wrong email or link on their XP hospital PCs.
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Re:Spain's hospital IT systems under “massive attack” (in Sp... by ancarda on Monday March 23, 2020 @12:49PM (#22665841)
The current top comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22665562) has a translation that mentions the email containing the virus was about COVID-19

Do not defend the pieces of shit that launch attacks during a pandemic.

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Re:Spain's hospital IT systems under “massive attack” (in Sp... by agumonkey on Monday March 23, 2020 @12:45PM (#22665796)
there will be a special lesson after this, because we're in a wide global stress and indeed, when something is overloaded, other issues are felt deeper. It's also a time when people can act foolish and be tempted to be antisocial, so more stupid hacks, more angry people, or even more dormant ennemies trying to benefit.
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Re:Spain's hospital IT systems under “massive attack” (in Sp... by pjc50 on Monday March 23, 2020 @05:30PM (#22668992)
Accident analysts call this "cascade failure". Something goes wrong, and the safety system intended to deal with it is also broken.
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