Another cyber intrusion...

[Fluidic Kimbo]

You've got to wonder what kind of use that data would have to a foreign adversary or criminal organization.

Facebook for example in all likelihood sells the information you give them to all sorts of organizations and interests.

I don't think the perpetrators have any interest in the data itself, they just want the public health service in Ireland to pay a ransom (it's probably something like 5 million Euro).

The Irish government is saying that it won't pay the ransom. If I was in power then I wouldn't pay the ransom either, I reckon it's 90%+ likely that the perpetrators would just take the money and run.

Cutting off an oil supply is one thing, but these guys are preventing necessary medical procedures to sustain life.

[almostgone]

I don't think the perpetrators have any interest in the data itself, they just want the public health service in Ireland to pay a ransom (it's probably something like 5 million Euro).

The Irish government is saying that it won't pay the ransom. If I was in power then I wouldn't pay the ransom either, I reckon it's 90%+ likely that the perpetrators would just take the money and run.

Cutting off an oil supply is one thing, but these guys are preventing necessary medical procedures to sustain life.

What they are doing is just flat out evil as you stated, Kimbo.

[Hughinn]

I don't think the perpetrators have any interest in the data itself, they just want the public health service in Ireland to pay a ransom (it's probably something like 5 million Euro).

The Irish government is saying that it won't pay the ransom. If I was in power then I wouldn't pay the ransom either, I reckon it's 90%+ likely that the perpetrators would just take the money and run.

Cutting off an oil supply is one thing, but these guys are preventing necessary medical procedures to sustain life.

What they are doing is just flat out evil as you stated, Kimbo.

Both points are spot on.

But, that data has a value is my point. And that value isn't just determined by one source. For example, like FK points out it's worth a ransom. But yet, it's also worth alot to identity theft, scam artists and any number of criminals or hostile foreign actors.

I'm an old school type guy, amd always thought that a government had a responsibility to protect the liberty and privacy of its citizens.

[Fluidic Kimbo]

Both points are spot on.

But, that data has a value is my point. And that value isn't just determined by one source. For example, like FK points out it's worth a ransom. But yet, it's also worth alot to identity theft, scam artists and any number of criminals or hostile foreign actors.

I'm an old school type guy, amd always thought that a government had a responsibility to protect the liberty and privacy of its citizens.

I don't know the full details of the cyber attack, and I don't know if the perpetrators even ever had access to any private data. Maybe the perpetrators have just done something simple like disabled the login system, so that doctor's cannot login with their username and password to see scan results.