full-disclosure - Re: Reliable reports on attacks on medical software and IT-systems available?

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:47:01 +0000
From: halfdog <me@...fdog.net>
To: BMF <badmotherfsckr@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Reliable reports on attacks on medical
 software and IT-systems available?

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BMF wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:03 PM, halfdog <me@...fdog.net> wrote:
>> Possible answers might be (sorted by probability):
> 
> * There is no money in harming or killing patients.

Good point, although I guess that there could be quite some money in it. But why
risk a charge for manslaughter/terrorism and blackmail if you can get nice sums
with charges for unauthorized access to computer systems and blackmail (in case
you are caught)?

- -- 
http://www.halfdog.net/
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