[LINK] Hacking of medical records

[Jan Whitaker]

At 08:31 PM 11/12/2012, David Boxall wrote:
> > demanded $4,000 to restore the records of a medical centre:
> > 
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-10/hackers-target-gold-coast-medical-centre/4418676
> > ...
>
>OK, they were hacked and the records encrypted. Bummer!
>
>Were those the only records? No backups?

I seem to recall a throw away line either in a written story or a tv 
interview where the person said it was better to keep your backups 
off the network, too. One can only speculate what the person meant by that!

Jan



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