On Mon, 15 May 2017 14:53:27 -0500, Mike Schwab wrote: >And the attack was based on NSA knowledge they kept hidden for years. >Hope they get their ass sued off. > Anyone can take anyone to court. That's not the question. As [a] Civil Procedure professor said, "You can sue the Bishop of Boston for bastardy. But can you collect?" (Origin obscure.)
Would it be better if NSA had released the information before the vulnerable software was end-of-service? (Well, yes, if they had notified the vendor in time to create a patch.) >On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 3:33 AM, Edward Finnell wrote: >> _New Wave of Ransom Threats Seen in Unprecedented Attack - Bloomberg_ >> (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-14/hospitals-gain-control-in-ran >> som-hack-more-attacks-may-come) >> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-14/hospitals-gain-control-in-ransom-hack-more-attacks-may-come >> (URL repaired. Ed F. tends to break them.) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
