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		linkregister on May 13, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cyberattacks in 12 Nations Said to Use Leaked N.S.... Surgeries are scheduled in advance except for the most urgent procedures; most surgeons and surgical nurses don't work on weekends. Surgeon workstations can absolutely be restarted once per month to install the monthly roll-up. The article mentions patient records servers and receptionist computers being affected by the ransomware. Not life support equipment.

notalaser on May 13, 2017 [–]

> Surgeon workstations can absolutely be restarted once per month to install the monthly roll-up.

I was replying to the part about forcing updates. I didn't know about the group policy setting (rightfully pointed out by sp332); without it, you don't wait a month, you wait at most 12 hours :-).

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