7 points Bender 2 hours ago 4 comments

Havoc 20 minutes ago | parent

If you hang out in the sysadmin subreddit for a bit you’ll see this a lot. Medical shops somehow have the strictest regulations (HIPAA) yet are the worst run dysfunctional orgs

kotaKat 20 minutes ago | parent

Yep. Happens all the time in healthcare IT. "The doctor is one of our multi-million-dollar revenue generators, so we let it slide" is the excuse. Every time.

I've personally written up a chief radiologist before for it. Zero action, because "he made the facility $6m+ last year" in rural nowhere.

It was actually one of the helpdesk's interview questions - "how do you handle responding to a doctor whose machine is full of porn?"

No wonder years later they got slammed by ransomware.

everybodyknows 14 minutes ago | parent

What are the usual attack vectors for that?

origini 1 minute ago | parent

I fixed a 'dirty' pc in a small office with 3 people. The offender was one of the two bosses, the other one did not like that.

I added porn filter on there router.