[Ipg-smz] Baltimore's ransomeware attack costs $18 million so far

[Phil Shapiro]

[ https://thedailyrecord.com/2019/06/04/cost-of-baltimore-ransomware-attack-so-far-18-million/ | https://thedailyrecord.com/2019/06/04/cost-of-baltimore-ransomware-attack-so-far-18-million/ ] 

Would it be naive to say that this ransomeware attack could have been avoided - or minimized - if 
Baltimore government computers used Linux? Security is not my area of expertise, but I sure have 
been wondering about this question a lot. 

phil 

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