Linux Mint downloads (briefly) compromised [LWN.net]

Linux Mint downloads (briefly) compromised

Posted Feb 23, 2016 12:18 UTC (Tue) by tao (subscriber, #17563)
In reply to: Linux Mint downloads (briefly) compromised by Wol
Parent article: Linux Mint downloads (briefly) compromised

If your heartrate monitor is connected to the Internet allowing it to download security updates, please let me know what brand it is so I can make sure that any hospital I might end up in uses another.

Linux Mint downloads (briefly) compromised

Posted Feb 23, 2016 21:47 UTC (Tue) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

Problem is, if you look at places like comp.risks, it seems most of this stuff IS ALREADY connected to the internet :-(

And yes, hospitals have had nasty shocks when their equipment (running, eg, XP) has rebooted unexpectedly thanks to an internet fix. I suspect the reason we don't hear much about it is a combination of "well, what do you expect, it's a computer", and the usual health service cover-ups of any problems. Plus, I'm not aware of any serious problems - yet!

Cheers,
Wol