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Re:The British Library URL has been offline due to cyberatta... by rthkljlkrj on Monday December 18, 2023 @11:13AM (#38684449)
Isn't it ironic that a library of all places completely melts down when you damage their computers? It's not like a hospital for example who could reasonably argue "of course if you manage my systems my business melts down, it's not like managing paper records is part of my core expertise, I'm busy with other things".
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Re:The British Library URL has been offline due to cyberatta... by dotnet00 on Monday December 18, 2023 @11:27AM (#38684682)
The other way to look at it is that a library can afford the trouble, as no one is likely to be at immediate risk of death if their computers go down.

A hospital has no choice but to be more resilient, since many other emergencies they would be most needed in (eg natural disasters) can also involve loss of access to computer systems.

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Re:The British Library URL has been offline due to cyberatta... by rthkljlkrj on Monday December 18, 2023 @11:49AM (#38684937)
Of course, I wasn't making an argument that we should make hospitals more fragile...
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