Reply to post: Re: GCHQ and Patches

74 countries hit by NSA-powered WannaCrypt ransomware backdoor: Emergency fixes emitted by Microsoft for WinXP+

Charles 9

Re: GCHQ and Patches

Three words, repeated over and over:

Patches BREAK Things. Do you want the computer controlling the 6-to-7-figure MRI machine to be borked by a patch? Hard to believe, but a VERY real possibility.

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