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State actor blamed for cyberattack on B.C. government systems

by allannienhuis on 5/13/24, 5:24 AM with 24 comments

• by qp11 on 5/13/24, 7:24 AM

  Microsoft is looking like the next Boeing for anyone paying attention to the attacks in the last couple years. End result of limitless greed. No TikTok or Snowden required, just the fantastic Microsoft software stack. They can't even protect themselves - https://www.crn.com/news/security/2024/microsoft-says-senior...

• by nox101 on 5/13/24, 8:02 AM

  I'm actually curious, if there is anyone here that's actually an expert on this stuff can you explain

  (1) How do you tell a state actor from just hackers looking to make money?

  (2) Is this a solvable problem?

  I can't imagine most state agencies, hospitals, doctors offices, small businesses, being able to afford good experienced IT staff. I can't imagine outsourcing it to nearly any company and trusting that company. Exceptions might be Google or Apple but neither company provides more than email/docs/spreadsheets. They don't supply bookkeeping, appointments, medical record management, etc... and AFAICT, all the suppliers for those kinds of services have terrible security practices. And, even if Apple and Google could do a good job there's still social engineering.