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LAS14

(13,783 posts) Fri Oct 30, 2020, 12:13 PM Oct 2020

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Last night one of Rachel's interviewees talked about how the government is sharing...

... information about ransomware attacks with the public in a way that they never used to do. Does anyone know where this sort of info is shared? I'm a programmer (from long ago, before everything was web-based) and am just curious to see it.

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Last night one of Rachel's interviewees talked about how the government is sharing... (Original Post) LAS14 Oct 2020 OP

Does she just mean that they issued a warning about it? soothsayer Oct 2020 #1

No, he (the interviewee) was talking about how they were sharing technical... LAS14 Oct 2020 #2

Huh. I'll have a look around! soothsayer Oct 2020 #3

This? soothsayer Oct 2020 #4

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

1. Does she just mean that they issued a warning about it?

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Oct 30, 2020, 12:25 PM

Oct 2020

I think that’s the sum of the sea change.

In the past hospitals would be claiming to have vague “computer problems.” Now it’s more open.

LAS14

(13,783 posts)

2. No, he (the interviewee) was talking about how they were sharing technical...

Reply to soothsayer (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 30, 2020, 12:27 PM

Oct 2020

... information so individual IT departments could better protect themselves.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

3. Huh. I'll have a look around!

Reply to LAS14 (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 30, 2020, 12:29 PM

Oct 2020

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

4. This?

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Oct 30, 2020, 12:31 PM

Oct 2020

https://www.justice.gov/criminal-ccips/file/872771/download

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