Ever picked up the daily news and found something utterly shocking? Well, grab your cuppa, pop a biscuit in your mouth and brace for this one. We’ve got some extra juicy tech gossip coming straight from the corridors of the health sector.
You know those dodgy types glued to their computer screens all day, clicking away at the keys trying to code their way into the hearts of medical systems? I don’t mean the friendly IT chap at your office; these are the right nasty ones. Their shenanigans are once again causing a ruckus in the medical sector. This time around, their hot target is Special Health Resources, who’ve been seeing dark days since the evening of June 2.
The folks at Special Health Resources are pretty cooked, mate. Picture this: they woke up one day, prepared to nurse their patients back to health, and boom! Technical glitches start crawling in from every corner. The next thing you know, they have to update their Facebook status (Just imagine the PR bloke’s face).
In the post, they issued a solemn statement, telling their patients that they are going through a tech storm. To make matters worse, the centers could only care for the patients who are as sick as a parrot. If you’re only a wee bit under the weather, sorry mate, you’ll have to sort yourself out.
Now, you must be thinking, “Hold on, aren’t they part of the medical fraternity? Shouldn’t they be exempted from such cyberattacks?” Sadly, that’s not the case, old bean. These bad apples hacking away don’t care the slightest about the Hippocratic oath. They’ll attack your systems regardless of how noble your cause may be.
While good-hearted chaps running ransomware campaigns have declared they won’t target healthcare anymore, not all play by these rules of chivalry. Some would rather swim in a sea of controversy than give up their hacking habits.
We got word that Special Health Resources’ “technical difficulties” were not merely a glitch, but an outright ransomware ambush! It’s as if someone tipped a bucket of ice-cold water over their heads. No amount of fish and chips can soften that blow, I tell you!
And that, dear readers, is the sad reality of our world today, where one can’t even provide healthcare without somebody trying to muck things up. Know that every nook and cranny of the digital world is riddled with these threats, and we must remain ever-vigilant.
The predicament faced by Special Health Resources serves as a warning to all us Brits. It reminds us why we zip up our coats when bracing the cold winds of cyber threats. So folks, let’s not just put the kettle on, let’s also put our thinking caps on to ensure our digital health – and in turn, our physical health – is maintained.
Do us all a favour and stay cyber-smart, will you? We don’t need any more blokes making a pig’s ear of it all. Be vigilant, stay safe, and remember, not everyone clicking away at a keyboard has your best interests at heart.
by Parker Bytes
