Living in a Post WannaCry world.

The worst of the attack has passed we are starting to get questions of why, how and what can we do to stop it again?

Rory Cellan-Jones says we are going to turn to an inquest now to get to the bottom of the problem. Ransomware and the NHS - the inquest begins

I say we will have an inquisition. with finger pointing and blaming. Brad Smith of Microsoft has already openly blamed the NSA for stockpiling exploits.Microsoft - Lessons from last week's cyber attack

One of the normal reporters was questioning a cyber security expert and asked why the technical people could not prevent this. The cyber security expert said that this went beyond being just cyber security to the overall security of the company; i.e. it was a business issue that should be addressed at the board level. The reported then asked why questions about the safety and security of critical infrastructure were not asked at the board level. The cyber security expert snidely remarked that it would be good if a cyber security representative was even allowed into the board room.

The Guardian not so subtly asks Who is to blame?

Thus the inquisition continues...

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