The ransom is to be paid in Bitcoin isn't it?
The threatening of established currencies has long been a cause of destabilising actions.
Iraq used to only accept Euros for their oil. After the invasion of Iraq, swiftly changed back to Dollars.
JFK being shot, he was championing a silver backed dollar rather than the federal reserve
Lincoln, trying to limit the federal reserve before that.
The Federal Reserve by the way, is not a government institution.
It is a private bank that is tasked with governing US's monetary policy and issuing dollars.
The federal reserve private bank, controls the supply of dollars.
The worth and demand of the dollar is of immediate interest to the owners of that said private bank.
But do you think they'd see Bitcoin as enough of a threat to do something like this? The fact it has spread as widely as is and surfaced at roughly the same time is quite interesting in itself, and suggests massive coordination efforts.
Or maybe I'm reading too much into it. Good post btw red.
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The NHS can't afford to take a moral stance here, just cough up the £270.
It's about a days wage for a middle manager.
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comment by Boris 'Inky' Gibson (U5901)
posted 8 hours, 35 minutes ago
The NHS can't afford to take a moral stance here, just cough up the £270.
It's about a days wage for a middle manager.
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Per computer infected? It starts to add up
The NHS is thought to have been particularly hard hit because of the antiquated nature of its IT infrastructure. A large part of the organization's systems are still using Windows XP, which is no longer supported by Microsoft, and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt cancelled a pricey support package in 2015 as a cost-saving measure.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/13/wannacrypt_ransomware_worm/
Gvt advice is don't pay up, use your back up files and upgrade to supported MS products. MS should send out this virus every 5 years as a big pay day for MS seems to be looming. Unless they themselves sent this attack for the above reasons.
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posted on 12/5/17
The ransom is to be paid in Bitcoin isn't it?
posted on 12/5/17
The threatening of established currencies has long been a cause of destabilising actions.
Iraq used to only accept Euros for their oil. After the invasion of Iraq, swiftly changed back to Dollars.
JFK being shot, he was championing a silver backed dollar rather than the federal reserve
Lincoln, trying to limit the federal reserve before that.
The Federal Reserve by the way, is not a government institution.
It is a private bank that is tasked with governing US's monetary policy and issuing dollars.
The federal reserve private bank, controls the supply of dollars.
The worth and demand of the dollar is of immediate interest to the owners of that said private bank.
posted on 12/5/17
But do you think they'd see Bitcoin as enough of a threat to do something like this? The fact it has spread as widely as is and surfaced at roughly the same time is quite interesting in itself, and suggests massive coordination efforts.
Or maybe I'm reading too much into it. Good post btw red.
posted on 12/5/17
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posted on 12/5/17
The NHS can't afford to take a moral stance here, just cough up the £270.
It's about a days wage for a middle manager.
posted on 12/5/17
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 13/5/17
comment by Boris 'Inky' Gibson (U5901)
posted 8 hours, 35 minutes ago
The NHS can't afford to take a moral stance here, just cough up the £270.
It's about a days wage for a middle manager.
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Per computer infected? It starts to add up
posted on 13/5/17
The NHS is thought to have been particularly hard hit because of the antiquated nature of its IT infrastructure. A large part of the organization's systems are still using Windows XP, which is no longer supported by Microsoft, and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt cancelled a pricey support package in 2015 as a cost-saving measure.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/13/wannacrypt_ransomware_worm/
posted on 13/5/17
Gvt advice is don't pay up, use your back up files and upgrade to supported MS products. MS should send out this virus every 5 years as a big pay day for MS seems to be looming. Unless they themselves sent this attack for the above reasons.
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