The You Game!

[Reese Riverson]

Oh yeah? < slept quite a bit extra. < probably got 10 ~ 12 hours of sleep last night.

[Serza5]

< tends to sleep extra hours by default

< thinks Ray should have used the copy of that GIF hosted on PC's server.

< agrees.
< hates to read old messages where all images are broken.

< agrees, nothing more annoying than broken images in old threads/posts.

< seconds this as well

[Ray502]

< probably got 10 ~ 12 hours of sleep last night.

< would like for one of those nights.

[Master]

https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... ber-attack

From the looks of things, a large part of the NHS just got knocked out thanks to some ransomware, < hopes they use back ups.

[Reese Riverson]

< probably got 10 ~ 12 hours of sleep last night.

< would like for one of those nights.

< says all ^ has to do is go to bed super early.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... ber-attack

From the looks of things, a large part of the NHS just got knocked out thanks to some ransomware, < hopes they use back ups.

Indeed, < though < guesses this thing spreads to another machine via network too?

[Hunchman801]

From the looks of things, a large part of the NHS just got knocked out thanks to some ransomware, < hopes they use back ups.

< isn't in the least surprised.

[Master]

It's funny really, we have one of the biggest facilities for surveillance, and yet we have systems like these for our healthcare services. Makes you think.

< is feeling the onset of a cold, < wonders if Summer Flu is a thing, < seems to get a cold in summertime almost annually.

[PluMGMK]

< understands the affliction of a summer cold.
< has had a really long week. It feels like the best part of a month since the French election.

[Master]

Holy moly. <'s read more, it turns out that this attack was worldwide: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39901382

[Serza5]

< finds it intriquing that it seems to be a very small piece of malware despite it hitting big companies

[Ambidextroid]

<'s coughing so much it's almost making < throw up

[Serza5]

Bleh < hates when that happens
< tries to drown out that feeling with water- or cough sweets- or vodka

[Master]

From the rumours <'s been hearing, it's apparently been installed by some big exploit that was only very recently patched.

[Serza5]

< thinks Master may of needed a quote in that post

[Reese Riverson]

< has gotten the strut channel in for <'s mounting needs, < just needs to get it painted, pre-drilled and fastened.

[PluMGMK]

< noticed a mention of phishing. < seems to have received a phishing mail yesterday, purporting to be from GOG. < wonders if there's a connection.

[Reese Riverson]

Holy moly. <'s read more, it turns out that this attack was worldwide: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39901382

< wonders if this was related to what Plum said or gets through some other way?

[PluMGMK]

< can clearly see that it was related to Master's previous post. Then <'s post about phishing was in response to that. < thinks context works as well as quotes here!

[Master]

Well, it doesn't seem to be the case. From what <'s read, it's apparently using an exploit that was patched last month, after some leaks revealed tools that the NSA created that used said exploit.

< wonders what this'll mean for security here, mind. The NHS gets a lot of fanfare over a lack of funds, and yet they clearly need to get their systems updated.

[PluMGMK]

< wonders how much of it is due to funding and how much is due to people not wanting to go through the painful "Installing update 1 of 16, Please do not turn off your computer…".