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On 2016-03-31 21:14, Dave Sill wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Imagine a hospital is hacked with
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<div>And doesn't have good backups? For shame.</div>
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Indeed. For shame. <br>
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Except that backups are not the solution if you have to shut down
the hospital to reinstall everything. <br>
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Hospital software security is known to be scarily bad. Medical
device software security is deeply flawed (manufacturers have not
realized they are in need of software security, and updating medical
software is hindered by certification regulations), and then they
are networked together in unsafe ways in systems open to all sorts
of easy access. <br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University</pre>
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