Techlore @techlore.tech · Sep 11 Senator Ron Wyden is calling out Microsoft's "gross cybersecurity negligence" for the cause behind the ransomware attack that took down hospitals 🏥💥 5+ million patient records stolen. Surgeries suspended. All because Microsoft uses "ancient, insecure" encryption by default.
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Here's what happened: A hospital contractor searched on Bing, clicked a malicious link, downloaded malware. Attackers then exploited RC4 encryption (from the 1980s!) that's still enabled by default on Windows to crack admin passwords.