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Re:Up to 1,500 businesses affected by ransomware attack, Kas... by bluGill on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @01:43PM (#27751856)
The vast majority of software doesn't need serious engineering either. If Google breaks that isn't a big deal, even though almost everyone in the world will be annoyed.
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Re:Up to 1,500 businesses affected by ransomware attack, Kas... by mcguire on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @03:24PM (#27753133)
Which systems do not need serious engineering? How much money or damage is "no big deal"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equifax

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_data_breaches

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?form_type=Basic&res...

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Re:Up to 1,500 businesses affected by ransomware attack, Kas... by bluGill on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @09:55PM (#27756538)
Data breaches don't kill people in general. Medical devices can.

Your point is well taken, even though things are not as bad they are still bad.

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