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This reminded me that Leo was in my dreams last night, sitting at our kitchen table. Seemed sound enough, maybe I'll vote FG next time*A possible eh, Taoiseach at the pub, this evening.
significant and sophisticated. Really. I've been working very much in the realm of IT security for the past few years. Most attacks of this nature are caused by some hacker (usually a spotty 16-year old who masturbates too much) exploiting carelessness. Who was it this year that said they were hacked by a very sophisticated network of hackers - when it turned out they put their fucking Kibana on the internet, unauthenticated.Bitcoin ransom will not be paid following cyber attack on HSE computer systems
Taoiseach insists vaccination programme continues uninterrupted despite serious cybercrime incidentwww.irishtimes.com
That’s the thing - the lads running these scams just need to get lucky once with getting the right person to click the right link. Eventually, someone will. I mean take look around any office and you can probably pick the likely candidates, but you’d be surprised the kind of people that fall for these things and then it’s GAME OVER MAN.significant and sophisticated. Really. I've been working very much in the realm of IT security for the past few years. Most attacks of this nature are caused by some hacker (usually a spotty 16-year old who masturbates too much) exploiting carelessness. Who was it this year that said they were hacked by a very sophisticated network of hackers - when it turned out they put their fucking Kibana on the internet, unauthenticated.
Also, the HSE will have their IT systems managed by one of those massive consultancy companies (I can guess which one - I interviewed for them once and it was a mutual 'nah'), who stand up massive, overpriced projects to manage IT infrastructure for govt bodies, because no one knows any better to be able to tell them to cop on.
Then there was the Equifax 'hack' which was a huge scandal, it turned out they hadn't enabled 2fa and were issuing passwords like 'password' and weren't forcing people to change them.
The majority of hacks are carried out with 'trusted' credentials. Its not someone checking every combination of numbers and letters until they strike gold. Its either a weak password without 2FA, or the hackers have managed to get creds from a disgruntled ex-employee and use those.
Basically, someone generally opens the door to let them in.
From reading between the lines it sounds like someone got onto the systems and started replacing binaries and tools with their own version (rootkit, I think they call that), but even if they were in, was there no Intrusion Detection system in place? Even an opensource tool like OSSEC could have stopped this.
I scanned the register this morning to see if they were carrying the story, as they normally get into that level of detail. Nothing yet.
Maybe it is sophisticated. My guess is that it isn't.
OkDon't take my webmail nerds.
i'd say it's headless chicken centre in there this morning. i know a few lads who got jobs in the HSE and they talk in hushed tones about how dated a lot of the systems are.
i had a meeting with broadcom/symantec during the week, about other issues, and they specifically warned us about conti.significant and sophisticated. Really. I've been working very much in the realm of IT security for the past few years. Most attacks of this nature are caused by some hacker (usually a spotty 16-year old who masturbates too much) exploiting carelessness. Who was it this year that said they were hacked by a very sophisticated network of hackers - when it turned out they put their fucking Kibana on the internet, unauthenticated.
Is it simply the case that the HSE is so dependent on IT that the whole thing is permanently at risk of paralysis if hackers attack and there's no proper Plan B?
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