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


From: halfdog <me () halfdog net>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:47:01 +0000

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BMF wrote:
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:03 PM, halfdog <me () halfdog 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)?

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