Seriously HR admins, if you care anything about your reputation, you should ceas...

MattGaiser · on Oct 29, 2020

You are on a site where there are thousands of people who have personally encountered ransomware.

Are we all neocons to you?

FpUser · on Oct 29, 2020

>"You are on a site where there are thousands of people who have personally encountered ransomware."

Got any proof about those number in regards to HN users or it is just another "everybody knows"

Stierlitz · on Oct 29, 2020

If you run your infrastructure on a “computer” directly connected to the Internet such that it puts hospitals and power grids in danger, then maybe you're in the wrong profession.

rlt · on Oct 29, 2020

That’s a naive position to take. Hospitals employ actual people who need to access information from mobile devices, home, etc.

They should, however, require those devices are locked down and connected via secure means.

coldpie · on Oct 29, 2020

If you're putting the words "secure" and "computer" in the same sentence, you've already lost. There is no such thing as computer security.

Stierlitz · on Oct 29, 2020

@coldpie: ‘If you're putting the words "secure" and "computer" in the same sentence, you've already lost. There is no such thing as computer security.’

We should borrow an idea from nature and not create a monoculture. That way when a ‘computer virus’ comes along, it won't run rampant through the ecosystem.