Re: Why is this still a thing?
Being slapped by a Crypto attack is not actually proof that the correct group policies are in place, surely?
If an organisation has a mish-mash of old hardware running a variety of OS at different patch levels things will go wrong. Old medical equipment may require ancient versions of MS products to drive it simply because the drivers have never been written for newer versions of OS.
The current computing eco-system is a horrible mess. Bad actors will take advantage of this.
I seem to be out of step with reality here. I'm not sure that this is my problem.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
