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There's a chance the system is actually more robust than it looks. There's a decent number of medical IT/IOT startups that seem like they'd be tapping into just this market. I imagine that in order to sell this kind of system, they'd need to build good security into it, or at least try to.
... Whether or not they succeeded is another matter. -
let's hope for the best... @starless
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yikes.. glad they had closed down! @deadlyRants
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@starless - may I remind you they still run windows at airports for plenty of things. Never assume security is a thing when a large corporation buys a software ..
Decision makers often don’t really have a clue .. -
@elQueFaltaba oh, for sure, it's a possibility. I was just mentioning that it's possible that it was done OK, too. Like I said, I'm sure the sales pitch was good, but we don't know what system the hospital actually bought.
A huge new hospital opened up.
it looks very modern and nice, lots of new doctors and facilities.. but..
Why is everything wireless?!
everything's connected to different APs across the hospital!
Receptionist's pc? has a wifi adaptor sticking out to the side.
in-patient's smart tvs? Wireless, connected to their own ap
etc etc.
conveniently enough, the SSID's were labeled with where they were being used and didnt bother to hide it
"Office A" "Smart TVs" "DB".
now im not saying wireless is bad, it's convenient! but why make everything in the building connect wirelessly.
any kid who's feeling naughty could do:
aireplay-ng -0 0 [BSSID] wlan[#]
and it's good bye connectivity.
or maybe flip put wireshark or any kind of sniffer.
i dont wanna have to come here for surgery only to find out the machine's wireless too.
imagine it stopping halfway through your surgery.. Yikes..
rant