Reply to post: Re: Actually.... most of the time XP crashes before the ramsomware can encrypt the drive

The Reg produces exhibit A1: A UK court IT system running Windows XP

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Re: Actually.... most of the time XP crashes before the ramsomware can encrypt the drive

The NHS was vulnerable due to SMB, not XP. Windows 7 was infected at the same time.

Press jumped on the XP excuse though for whatever reason.

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