Posts by Prosthetic Conscience

UK hospital meltdown after ransomware worm uses NSA vuln to raid IT

My heart goes out to the IT grunts dealing with this on a Friday

UK Home Sec: Give us a snoop-around for WhatApp encryption. Don't worry, we won't go into the cloud

I read somewhere comps knew he was 'connected to whatsapp servers' shortly before the attack. (meaning he had data enabled yay.. top police work) Plus he's a resident in the UK and they are Police of course they'll immediately start following up on leads based on his personal relationships, it doesn't necessarily mean they knew he contacted those people. Also how was his phone unlocked for them to see his contacts? Could've just extrapolated that off SMS history from the providers and saw the numbers also happen to have whatsapp accounts associated with them come to think of it.

Good news, everyone! Two pints a day keep heart problems at bay

OK for the heart

But what about the strain on the liver combined with our sometimes unhealthy diets, what about coming in the way of quality sleep or just the fact that you're consuming a daily dose of a potent depressant? I'm not trying to preach and the bants is great but I wish they'd also do this kind of research on substances that are made illegal with little scientific backing as well.