Yes you can sue, because salary is payment for services rendered, if the employer does not compensate you for previously finished work then yes, they would be in breach of contract. If after paying you what you are owed they decide to no longer pay you for your future work, they would be voiding the terms of your contract. If you have a notice period before termination or change of contract, then you could also sue, if they have not given proper notice of change of contract.
You can always sue, but it doesn't mean you will win. The company notified them that they will not be paid for future work, so they would not be able to get those wages. If they didn't pay for work performed before they were notified, they would be able to collect that, depending on what happens in bankruptcy court, if this goes there. This kinda of stuff is what happens while they are filling for bankruptcy. Sometimes it works out for the employees, because then they get better positions when they come out of bankruptcy. BTW, each state is different, but they should be able to get unemployment compensation. It might be contested, but the unemployment office would basically consider this a layoff, after the investigation.
Damn, I will only work for free if it's for a good cause and for the benefit of many, not for some greedy scammers to gain profit from my effort, time, and skills.
Ok this Fyre festival thing was hilarious to me until I heard that phone call. I still find it funny that people payed 11k to stay in tents, but not paying people and also not firing them so they can collect unemployment is just scummy,
yeah it's really hard to feel sorry for the rich people not getting their half a million dollars worth but not paying an employee regardless of what they do or how much they make is just bullshit, and how they handled the situation is a million times worse.
You can collect unemployment benefit when quitting. It just depend from why you are quitting. And with a company not paying you for your service (assuming you have a valid employment contract), they are going to grant unemployment benefit for sure. What Fyre is doing is an indirect way of firing people and the people managing unemployment benefits are well aware of this scheme.
unemployment varies from state to state and also rules on how long you were employed apply. They could very seriously screw over employees depending on ind. state rules on the benefits.
Regardless of how you feel about those who lost money, the employees are definitely victims here, and they are totally screwing them over by not firing them or laying them off, as stated and they know it.
I gotta say, the man and woman in that recording are exhibiting the most professional "In my opinion you can fuck yourself" voice I've ever seen. I don't know how they stayed so calm but they deserve medals (Or maybe just their fucking money, ey?)
alphadawgxx Yeah, they really kept their cool, especially considering what was at stake. What shocked was the part about them being screwed out of potential unemployment benefits while they searched for a new job. I didn't know that could happen based on the way a company got rid of you deliberately. This whole thing smells like a massive scam to me, hope the founders get prosecuted for this if there is any legal ground to do so.
alphadawgxx I had something like that done to me. I came in to pick up my paycheck and was meet by my boss who told me 'We don't have any work for you right now. We will call you when we do.' It was bull and they knew it.
"Most plants need actual light.. looks pretty dark, so the old ones either had to move out or they're dead 😖"-OrganicStorm Sorry you got shadow banned by TH-cam for some reason and i'm the only one who can read your reply.
As someone that uses instagram often, I find it's better to either ignore the ads, or do you own research on them. I someone is selling a product that I find interesting I look it up myself, outside of instagram, and see what other people have experienced with this product. If there's no reviews or bad reviews it's best just to steer clear. A lot of the products people promote are products they've never even used before, so they tell you it's great, but they don't really know.
Megan L also watch out for 100% all good reviews. No matter how good something is there is always someone who will hate it. If you dont find the 1 hater odds are the good reviews are fake or paid.
Ja-Rule only has 8 million to his name , so he is short 92 million to pay this lawsuit , not to mention lawyer fees. Ladies and Gentlemen Ja-Rule is going to be looking for a 9 to 5 soon.
boxertest they can't sue Ja rule, they can only sue the company, they have separate identities. So his personal assets will not be touched unless he wants to pay up.
I ain't trusting shit that's gonna cost me thousands of dollars. If a friend says hey there's this thing that costs less than $10 you wanna give it a whirl, I may give them the $10 cause that's a loss I can absorb if it turns out not to be true. However if they lose my $10 I'm not giving them any more money. People who go into a situation like Fyre Festival without researching it are either deeply stupid or have more money than sense.
This reminds me of an old saying... "A fool and his money are soon parted." Seriously, paying money for something established, like Coachella is one thing... paying 1000's of dollars for something you are unfamilar with is moronic.
+Jim Crow - It's not about having the money to spend, it's about them being dumb enough to buy into something without making sure it's worth it, most likely because they love blindly buying into shit that makes them feel "elite".
just a point, IT structures inside of large organizations typically roll out patches very slowly for at least one good reason: there have been times when patches to an OS or other software has made that software either vulnerable or completely bricked. there's a fine tightrope to be walked with upgrade procedures.
KingofNope YES THANK YOU SIR/ma'am being someone who specializes in computers it is so important that this is said (also check out my comment for more explanation)
Loiuzein Allieran very true modern windows today is ridiculous! They track your info (even key logging) so yes I do agree but it is worth it with the threat of modern next level viruses
Another good reasons is that some software or whole devices have to be re evaluated before you can use them again, if you changed anything on the device for example updating the software and that just takes time.
Also with most business and places like the NHS you can't stop a bunch of computers doing their job to do and update. Also a lot of these places where using outdated versions of windows because they have specifically design software which which only works on that operating system and would cost a huge amount of money to replace.
For many businesses like banks or health services it's not as simple as they didn't install updates. They can't. Imagine with the NHS. They have various medical equipment like MRI machines and the vender that sold it has gone out of business. It runs on embedded Windows XP because that was the newest thing at the time. Now it can't be updated but still needs to function to save lives. Same with banking systems and ATM machines ect. They're hard wired to run XP in many cases. Making this virus all the more dangerous.
Correct me if I'm wrong but in that situation couldn't you clear the hard drive as the MRI machine does not handle file storage and could be clean reinstalled (aim was to ransom files) or place vulnerable systems where they are isolated from all but secure up to date systems that won't pass along viruses?
Companies like that should release their source code when they go under, as it'd really be in the best interest of angel devs that would WANT to update these systems, but can't. Of course, in a better world, we'd be able to BSD-2-Clause or better _all the things_, too...
Mercenary except that this bug was unknown until recently and is now too late to fix. except that it was known and the information was never released and instead stockpiled until it was a major issue that is horribly difficult to fix.
There is no budgetary consideration for this kind of upgrade. It would be a lot of work that would need to be repeated every couple of years for a benefit that the non-IT people (read: people who wear suits to work that they didn't buy at Walmart) would completely disregard because they don't think like an IT person does.
Rocky ... it is related to the Y2K Bug. It was rumored that there would be a massive bug in your system would occur on turn of the millennium, and it would do so because of bad coding in the old Windows OS (basically the way the OS, and programs, rounded the year to 2 digits). www.britannica.com/technology/Y2K-bug
I work in IT and the amount of calls we got from people asking for information about this attack was staggering. if you get an email with an attachment you wasn't expecting it could possibly be a spoofed email, contact the company that sent it and verify with them. (or do a intodns on the header and cross reference it with company information but pfft details.)
The ransomware hasn't reached any trusts in Wales. The ransomware has only spread through NHS trusts in Scotland and England. (The PSNI has said that networks in NI might be infected, but they haven't found any evidence yet)
Jason Pearson Although it didn't really affect Wales, I heard a figure of around 6 computers, so we really weren't hit as hard as England and Scotland. I think that was his point, otherwise he'd probably have said UK.
Jason Pearson the reason he didn't mention wales when talking about the NHS is because the hack did not actually affect the Welsh NHS only the Scottish and English. Don't worry he didn't forget about us
I live only a couple miles away from Apple Park, the thing is massive. If you think it's big in the pictures, wait till you see it in real life. Property values are skyrocketing
property value may skyrocket, but all your outlets will now be proprietary designs based off of something xerox developed and the plugs for them will cost you 100 dollars.
@Grape Flavored Bleach Expect cost of living and cost of general items across the board to skyrocket, friend. When Amazon moved into Seattle they made the city rich and its citizens poor. On the upside it creates a lot of new, high-paying jobs and gets the city more money to improve, but with those wealthy employees comes new, costly homes and services and the rest of the city rubber-bands right with it. If you're not one of the people getting those new jobs, you get left in the dust as costs inflate faster than wages can account for. They raised the minimum wage in Seattle to $15 an hour and many people are still barely treading water.
A few weeks ago there was an Instagram thing where if you reposted a photo from this one swimsuit company within 24 hours, they would give you a free swim suit. I thought it was a small start-up trying to expand their business, especially since one of the models who frequently appeared on their Instagram account was a friend of mine in high school. I was definitely wrong because all the swim suits said "sold out" by the time I could get to the site the next day and I'm pretty sure 99% of the people who reposted their photo never got a swim suit. Lesson learned. :/
I'd never be the first in line for something brand new. Remember when plastic surgery first became a thing? Fyre tried to go too big too quickly and everyone got screwed.
Joshua Moxham You'd have to be at least 100 years old to remember the first plastic surgery procedure. And the cosmetic surgery of that time was pretty impressive, considering limited resources. Plus the surgeons were using precision and not rushing. So no, nothing like Fyre Festival.
Aye Jaye Awful is pushing it. Bad, maybe but it's not as if we have a lock on plastic surgery even now. Death, addiction, fucked up surgeries, partial paralysis not to mention the expense. I don't think as far as risk/reward I was that far off base.
@The Kobester Fun fact: That's false. @Joshua Moxham Except modern plastic surgery has very low failure rates, negligible fatality rates, addiction is derived from underlying mental health issues, and the expense is fairly typical for, you know, fucking surgery. Stop bitching about shit you're obviously not the market for, you whiny fuck.
- So you're not going to lay us off and allow us to file for unemployment benefits, you're just not going to pay us and force us to quit? - ...Um, what was the question? LMFAO!
Phil, your argument about updating windows has a huge flaw. Many companies and government agencies use custom programs that can be expensive and sometimes dangerous to rework for a new OS. it's why many investment firms still use software from the 80s( if they were to update they could potentially lose millions of investment accounts.)
What type of terrible idea is that? A business decides it's better to rely upon archaic technology for better security? Sounds like it didn't work too well.
the program still does it's job, and updating it could cause millions of dollars in damages. However, the programming language many of the programs use is so old that they are running out of people to manage the programs. updating will have to happen, but until it is unavoidable, the risk is too high.
Yeah, it's a little bit of Sunk Cost, and a LOTTA bit of "this code is too unwieldy to refactor, so our best short-term solution is to open another can of spaghetti" I mean, Fortran IS a good language, but if it's not being taught anymore, it loses its maintainability, and like Mr. Austin stated, eventually, it'll have to be rewritten in one of these newfangled languages these kids understand. My suggestion would be either Go, Scala, Haskell, R, Erlang/Elixir or Rust, but I don't know _any_ of those languages well enough to make an informed recommendation beyond the fact that all of those are supposed to be good at that sort of thing.
Quite right. While in my undergrad, i worked for the university as well and at the time they used a version of windows 7, and had to have an older version of IE (9?) to be able to use their propriatery software. This university employs several thousand support staff, instructors, assistants, etc., all using some component of this software. This software is also capable of properly interacting with government databases to import HS grades, has dozens, if not hundreds of customized subroutines to performs various data manipulation tasks. Each patch implemented to the OS, or updating to a slightly newer version of IE, has to be rigorously tested with the propriatery software to make sure there are no bugs or issues that could potentially make the entire university come to a halt. It's not as simple as just installing the new patch on allcomputers....
This argument of "but we need the old software and it doesn't work on newer systems!" is as old as the systems we're talking about here. There are plenty of options to secure these archaic systems without exposing yourself to a full security time bomb like we saw go off here. Virtualization alone gives these businesses plenty of options. The technology is here, guys. What probably happened here is a common occurrence. A business wanted to increase its profit margins. Those darn windows updates are so annoying though. So the fossils running these businesses decide "well, our software won't run on new systems. I don't want to pay for new systems, despite the opportunity. I don't want to pay for a half decent IT staff to secure my systems, despite the opportunity. Instead, I'll just cry bloody murder to save face if it ever actually happens. I mean, hacking is just a thing from movies anyways, right?" And lo and behold, this mismanaging mindset has led to a spectacular display of incompetence yet again. I'm sorry, but I feel my sympathy has wandered off elsewhere. Security should not be compromised when it endangers lives like this. End of story.
so I'm a delivery guy in the Silicon Valley area, and I've drive passed the new Apple headcounters construction. it's fucking huge, it looked like it's going to be this huge ufo time shape. I'm interested in seeing it when it's completed
I don't know what I would do if I spent thousands for this huge, blow out event, only to arrive to an emergency tent with a bloodstained mattress. I read an article about the Fyre event and it said that this boy spent everything he had to go. He was alone, money-less, and had no way off the island. Those co founders should be ashamed of putting their customers and workers in such positions, and deserve each law suit they get.
I agree that the company who did this is really shitty for doing it.....but it's also kinda hard to feel bad for someone who spends THAT much money without making sure they're spending it on something worthwhile. People just like to blindly buy into things like that because it makes them feel special. And that boy is very VERY stupid. This probably won't be the last time he's in a sad position because he made very dumb decisions.
"when do you trust what's being put in front of you?" When I watch your show Phil! Hope I didn't overcomplicate that. I seriously have a hard time trusting the motives of any other information. People aren't honest about their bias. You're up front, relaxed, but at the same time. You are professional. I trust you to be honest with me and the rest of your audience when you bring us news. When you get something wrong I trust in the true Phily D style that you'll own it, and do anything else necessary to make the situation right. You're human, you behave as such. In this world, everybody wants to be something else. You just want to make a god damn good news network. I am behind you sir.
About sponsored content: I trust transparency. You, Jackfilms, Pewdiepie, especially Emma Blackery (she is the most transparent I know when it comes to that), Marzia, etc are extremely transparent when it comes to sponsored content. And it also feels like you guys are like that not only because of the legal aspect, but also the ethical one. So, yeah, I like it and appreciate it. You've all gained my trust ^^
The Fyre documentaries are up now. Give us another video on the updates to the Fyre Festival, and talk about how the Hulu version exposed the bias in the Netflix version.
My dad's Computer got hacked. We live in Germany and an employee from Microsoft called him on Monday from over there in america while speaking broken german and fixed the problem. Thing is my dad has no license for Windows, he got it from his brother, and now by dad's computer is locked because he doesn't have a key and no money to buy new 120€ license. But well props to Microsoft for contacting him and fixing it over the phone and via this access thingy. They worked at it for two hours.
Watched the Netflix doc on this yesterday and I came back to watch your coverage on it. I was not prepared for how much nostalgia I'd feel by seeing the old set up 😣❤
Darlene Ramiron really now? And how do you surmise from my comment that A: I am classed as overweight, and B: at risk of a stroke? Sorry, but you just tried to shove a ballista bolt through a hole designed for a barbed arrow... *insert generic game show "fail" sound*
I work for a very very large healthcare company. When the ransomware issues began happening just recently to other health care companies, they began locking down our computers even more. We aren't allowed to plug any outside devices into company computers, open any emails that are not from the company server, or use the internet for any websites that are non company approved. It's a HUGE legal issue if our server is hacked. We have the entire state of Utah's medical records in our completely electronic system. Plus we have thousands of employees with access to it. They feel we have a target on our backs. My company (Intermountain Healthcare) would easily pay a 1 million+ dollar ransom if we were hacked.
When it comes to sponsorships and ads, I just ignore them all. I'm not going to hate on people who are in the marketing industry, but marketing in general has always been a manipulation, at least to my mind. And I've always seen this type of manipulation to be an assumption that I'm dumb enough to get tricked into wanting stuff I don't need. Nowadays, that seems to be the road that marketing is taking: creating a need rather than understanding it. So yeah, this is why I have AdBlocker Plus on all my broswers (Sorry Phil, but I'll get over to Patreon once my rent is paid to show my appreciation for what you do).
If you cover a story that has voice recordings in the future, i would like to request subtitles for the audio (in this case the conference was pretty hard to understand at some points). Keep being awesome.
one positive from the Frye festival were all those tweets. I had tears from laughter. I'm a broke amd busy college student and really needed the laugh.
He is a supporter of RT he actually sometimes features them in his today in awesome segment. He actually did a podcast with Burnie at the SXSW2016 that you should be able to find just by searching it and recently he was featured in a million dollars but.
Phil is one of the few people I trust on the internet. I'm not saying that because I'm here, but because I've been here... for the better part of a decade, and I've seen a couple of his ancient webcam shows even earlier (many of which are now private). Phil has almost always has been transparent as possible, and isn't afraid to call things how he sees them. His content doesn't serve to lie or manipulate the people to get ahead, or spin things his way. His meticulous research, which he mostly did by himself back in the day, while not always 100% accurate, it wasn't for a lack of trying. Phil is probably the greatest TH-camr of all time, his personality and work ethic is a great representation of the original TH-cam spirit.
Respect is earned not given. aleksandr kolpakov. He was arrested on second degree murder charges. He is the Russian deadpool 3 ppl run the channel and he killed one of the women (heather/ivy) who helped host the channel.
Great job as always Phil!!! Also want you to know that you're currently my favorite place to get news. The way you present the news is perfect! My only wish is that you had your own 24/7 news network...which is why I'm excited for the growth plan you explained to us. Cheers! :)
There are still many government and institution computer using windows 7 and even windows xp, and previous windows server, embedded, posready, thinpc (based on the windows xp,7,8, 8.1 iteration) bcos it costs MONEY to upgrade every computer license + let alone maintaining the system + updating apps used + dependencies + different agencies compatibility + TIME + etc. The bigger the company, the more expensive it is to maintain (and just be honest those exec that isnt computer-literate would belittle managing IT hence they wouldnt care decades old servers/towers as long as they are working as intended). Now, thats just the software, I haven't included the professionals required to maintain the hardware side to support the software (usually Desktop PC in big institutions require major hardware upgrades every 5 years to keep up with the latest tech but this is also depending on the budget they gave/needs). All it takes is some hackers who knows which government/agencies/part of the world not keeping up with latest patches/tech/hardware updates and take advantage of that cos there are still more than 40% chance these people were not a part of early adopters. So it again comes down to money management to micromanage the tech. If they think nobody gonna attack their server just cos nobody had successfully attacked them in the past, they would be wrong. Thats why everyone nowadays should keep up with the tech world cos you never know how motivated these hackers can be in finding backdoors. Even though one is considered to be professionals/ IT expert doesnt mean they would understand how hacking works unless they learn hacking first. Theory/certification/degree alone wouldnt help. Tech always evolve as the case with everything in the world (cooking/education/language etc). So being an expert or very secure again begs the question of how knowledgable one is/how far it is secured. Then there are people who says (like my parents) "just get an Apple then"... WTF Its not as simple as that Mom people would always try to find a flaw in the system no matter how secure an OS is cos there is always one hacker one step ahead of you!! bla... bla... (I need not explain more tldr)
Those companies should invest in some information security professionals. Data is the most important thing on a computer. They should have at least some sort of backup solution. They could simply reimage the system and restore the data.
Dave H; that's all well and good to say, but almost all Government agencies have IS Professionals. The major problem we have is that you can make all the recommendations in the world, but you can't do jack shit without a budget to implement them properly. A lot of Government systems only work because some very smart (and underpaid) person worked out how to implement required features using existing technology for a fraction of the cost of the actual recommended solution.
For many businesses the national health services it's not as simple as they didn't install updates. They can't. Imagine with the NHS. They have various medical equipment like MRI machines and the vender that sold it has gone out of business. It runs on embedded Windows XP because that was the newest thing at the time. Now it can't be updated but still needs to function to save lives. Same with banking systems and ATM machines ect. They're hard wired to run XP in many cases. Making this virus all the more dangerous.
constant vigilance, They might of done. Except that, the NHS isn't particularly well funded. They can't exactly afford to buy the up-to-date software out of their own pockets, so what are they going to do? Windows certainly isn't going to donate it.
When it comes to trust and advertising, its like making a new friend. The more I see them the more likely I am to trust them, and my trust exponentially increases when someone tells me about it. For example I trust that you are not feeding me bullshit because I have done fact checking on some things and I haven't yet seen a false statement.
Fyre festival reminds me of a Tom Haverford business plan from Parks and Rec. It has that Entertainment 720 vibe to it.
This is an incredible comparison omg
Mohammed Hamza lmaoooo YES!!! TREAT YO SELF!
🎶Entertainment seven twenty where dreams come... they come true🎶
the accuracy of this comment is too real
dex H Tom is a character from the tv show Parks and Recreation that loves expensive luxuries and partying. Culturfy yourself brotha.
Fyre Festival reminds me of that Workaholics episode where the dudes throw their own Coachella to impress some girls.
Britt Zilla ohmygod
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Apples new headquarters is gonna be called "Apple Park"? They so totally missed out on naming it "The Orchard".
Voice of .Reason Apple park might be the lamest possible name for such a cool building.
Voice of .Reason You clever son a bitch that'd brilliant.
Timothy Perdue "ouch" how is that ouch
Voice of .Reason I KNOW RIGHT
Their 2 digit IQ costumers wouldn't even know what an orchard is in the first place.
I didn't even attend but I would still like a refund.
United Airline is the biggest failure of a company this year.
Fyre Company: "Hold my beer"
*beer not provided by Fyre Festival
5:14 "I ' m s o r r y , w h a t w a s t h e q u e s t i o n ? "
I don't see what was so hard to understand there.
Alonzo Branch in other words "Oh fuck oh fuck I am in too deep"
Yeah sounds about right
That's called seeing a man in a hole, and giving him the choice between a ladder and a shovel.
He's playing stupid.
What everyone says as they're buying time to create the lie they are about to feed you!
The co-founders of Fyre are like the real life Tom Haverford and Jean Ralphio. It IS Entertainment 720.
Kristin Buhrow y e s
Kristin Buhrow Jean and Tom had redeemable qualities tho...
This parks and rec reference is on point 👌
Kristin Buhrow BAHAHHAHAHAHHA YES
Except that Entertainment 720 would have thrown an amazing festival and THEN went bankrupt afterwards.
If you're employer refuses to pay you after a pay period for no valid reason, can you sue?
Sarah Blackwood I certainly hope so
Sarah Blackwood absolutely
Yes you can sue, because salary is payment for services rendered, if the employer does not compensate you for previously finished work then yes, they would be in breach of contract. If after paying you what you are owed they decide to no longer pay you for your future work, they would be voiding the terms of your contract. If you have a notice period before termination or change of contract, then you could also sue, if they have not given proper notice of change of contract.
You can always sue, but it doesn't mean you will win. The company notified them that they will not be paid for future work, so they would not be able to get those wages. If they didn't pay for work performed before they were notified, they would be able to collect that, depending on what happens in bankruptcy court, if this goes there. This kinda of stuff is what happens while they are filling for bankruptcy. Sometimes it works out for the employees, because then they get better positions when they come out of bankruptcy.
BTW, each state is different, but they should be able to get unemployment compensation. It might be contested, but the unemployment office would basically consider this a layoff, after the investigation.
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The Fyre festival was the original bow wow challenge
Meg Alyssa yasssssss
Meg Alyssa lmao
The Fyre festival is the Dashcon for the rich
Damn, I will only work for free if it's for a good cause and for the benefit of many, not for some greedy scammers to gain profit from my effort, time, and skills.
Creative North same here. that company is obviously a scumbag up to the last minute of its existence
Creative North only morons will fall as prey to these blood suckers
it's utter disrespect for human dignity
It's so ironic that the company is named FYRE, and yet instead of FYRing employees, they offer them a bullcrap deal.
this company should be closed immediately and the owners should be penalized accordingly.
'Under Fyre', I see what you did there 😉
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Remember when he said he didn't like puns?
Fyre Festival refunds - 1 free hour in the ball pit.
Seems like no one here got so let me just say that yeah i got that reference, nice one
I see what you did there, buddy. lol
Ok this Fyre festival thing was hilarious to me until I heard that phone call. I still find it funny that people payed 11k to stay in tents, but not paying people and also not firing them so they can collect unemployment is just scummy,
Zer0Hour17 I don't know about you guys but I feel great 😀
yeah it's really hard to feel sorry for the rich people not getting their half a million dollars worth but not paying an employee regardless of what they do or how much they make is just bullshit, and how they handled the situation is a million times worse.
You can collect unemployment benefit when quitting. It just depend from why you are quitting. And with a company not paying you for your service (assuming you have a valid employment contract), they are going to grant unemployment benefit for sure. What Fyre is doing is an indirect way of firing people and the people managing unemployment benefits are well aware of this scheme.
unemployment varies from state to state and also rules on how long you were employed apply. They could very seriously screw over employees depending on ind. state rules on the benefits.
Regardless of how you feel about those who lost money, the employees are definitely victims here, and they are totally screwing them over by not firing them or laying them off, as stated and they know it.
I gotta say, the man and woman in that recording are exhibiting the most professional "In my opinion you can fuck yourself" voice I've ever seen. I don't know how they stayed so calm but they deserve medals (Or maybe just their fucking money, ey?)
alphadawgxx this happened at my old job as well I also did the professional F off
alphadawgxx Yeah, they really kept their cool, especially considering what was at stake. What shocked was the part about them being screwed out of potential unemployment benefits while they searched for a new job. I didn't know that could happen based on the way a company got rid of you deliberately. This whole thing smells like a massive scam to me, hope the founders get prosecuted for this if there is any legal ground to do so.
Best voice you've ever seen? I want that power you inhuman god.
I would have taken a cue from the company, I wouldn't have worked and I wouldn't have quit. Make them fire me.
alphadawgxx I had something like that done to me. I came in to pick up my paycheck and was meet by my boss who told me 'We don't have any work for you right now. We will call you when we do.' It was bull and they knew it.
There used to be plants, now there are neon rectangles on the sides of the set
The machines are taking over...
They are the source of his power
he fights for the users
"Most plants need actual light.. looks pretty dark, so the old ones either had to move out or they're dead 😖"-OrganicStorm
Sorry you got shadow banned by TH-cam for some reason and i'm the only one who can read your reply.
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those annoying Windows 10 update reminders don't sound so stupid now do they?
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MalwareTech should get an award for just the profile pic as well as the heroism for what they did.
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I keep trying to hack computers but this one player keeps kicking my ass
Is his name MalwareTech?
I didn't want to assume gender. :)
I LOVE WORKING FOR FREE! -no one ever
As someone that uses instagram often, I find it's better to either ignore the ads, or do you own research on them. I someone is selling a product that I find interesting I look it up myself, outside of instagram, and see what other people have experienced with this product. If there's no reviews or bad reviews it's best just to steer clear. A lot of the products people promote are products they've never even used before, so they tell you it's great, but they don't really know.
Megan L also watch out for 100% all good reviews. No matter how good something is there is always someone who will hate it. If you dont find the 1 hater odds are the good reviews are fake or paid.
As someone in the world, that is ALWAYS a good idea. That's no different for famous people on TV and stuff too.
It's also a good idea to scan any downloads at all with antimalware. I use BitDefender for that
Ja-Rule only has 8 million to his name , so he is short 92 million to pay this lawsuit , not to mention lawyer fees. Ladies and Gentlemen Ja-Rule is going to be looking for a 9 to 5 soon.
boxertest he was just wannabe DMX anyways.
Dawg very true!
What happened to all those tens of millions from his cRap albums & shows?
Jonathan Tan gone, gone, gone ,only 8 million left
boxertest they can't sue Ja rule, they can only sue the company, they have separate identities. So his personal assets will not be touched unless he wants to pay up.
Instagram models and irresponsible business practices are a match made in heaven
I wait all day for this show :-)
Dorothy definitely a highlight:)
Dorothy me too I get so happy when I see there is a new video on here
Dorothy your life clearly sucks
erzrocks and so does yours if you try and take away from what makes someone happy
same :3
I ain't trusting shit that's gonna cost me thousands of dollars. If a friend says hey there's this thing that costs less than $10 you wanna give it a whirl, I may give them the $10 cause that's a loss I can absorb if it turns out not to be true. However if they lose my $10 I'm not giving them any more money. People who go into a situation like Fyre Festival without researching it are either deeply stupid or have more money than sense.
This reminds me of an old saying... "A fool and his money are soon parted."
Seriously, paying money for something established, like Coachella is one thing... paying 1000's of dollars for something you are unfamilar with is moronic.
I completely agree
Sadly it's most likely that they are just that stupid.
These people have the money to spend, so why not? Stop counting other people's money, it makes you look tacky and rude.
+Jim Crow - It's not about having the money to spend, it's about them being dumb enough to buy into something without making sure it's worth it, most likely because they love blindly buying into shit that makes them feel "elite".
Fyre Festival was like the second coming of Dashcon, except worse and on a bigger scale. I bet someone peed in the tents
just a point, IT structures inside of large organizations typically roll out patches very slowly for at least one good reason: there have been times when patches to an OS or other software has made that software either vulnerable or completely bricked. there's a fine tightrope to be walked with upgrade procedures.
KingofNope YES THANK YOU SIR/ma'am being someone who specializes in computers it is so important that this is said (also check out my comment for more explanation)
I rarely update my personal computer or even any software because of how frequently doing so will break things I'm working on. It's ridiculous.
Loiuzein Allieran very true modern windows today is ridiculous! They track your info (even key logging) so yes I do agree but it is worth it with the threat of modern next level viruses
Another good reasons is that some software or whole devices have to be re evaluated before you can use them again, if you changed anything on the device for example updating the software and that just takes time.
Also with most business and places like the NHS you can't stop a bunch of computers doing their job to do and update. Also a lot of these places where using outdated versions of windows because they have specifically design software which which only works on that operating system and would cost a huge amount of money to replace.
For many businesses like banks or health services it's not as simple as they didn't install updates. They can't. Imagine with the NHS. They have various medical equipment like MRI machines and the vender that sold it has gone out of business. It runs on embedded Windows XP because that was the newest thing at the time. Now it can't be updated but still needs to function to save lives. Same with banking systems and ATM machines ect. They're hard wired to run XP in many cases. Making this virus all the more dangerous.
Thanks someone's understanding the struggles of an administrator in this fields.
Correct me if I'm wrong but in that situation couldn't you clear the hard drive as the MRI machine does not handle file storage and could be clean reinstalled (aim was to ransom files) or place vulnerable systems where they are isolated from all but secure up to date systems that won't pass along viruses?
Companies like that should release their source code when they go under, as it'd really be in the best interest of angel devs that would WANT to update these systems, but can't. Of course, in a better world, we'd be able to BSD-2-Clause or better _all the things_, too...
Mercenary except that this bug was unknown until recently and is now too late to fix. except that it was known and the information was never released and instead stockpiled until it was a major issue that is horribly difficult to fix.
There is no budgetary consideration for this kind of upgrade. It would be a lot of work that would need to be repeated every couple of years for a benefit that the non-IT people (read: people who wear suits to work that they didn't buy at Walmart) would completely disregard because they don't think like an IT person does.
Remember to turn your computer off on 12/31/1999
Josh Holy cow that sentence took me back. I re-lived the 90s all over again
What was this from?
Rocky were you born after the late 90's? That would explain why you are asking this.
Cuban Nerd 1995
Rocky ... it is related to the Y2K Bug. It was rumored that there would be a massive bug in your system would occur on turn of the millennium, and it would do so because of bad coding in the old Windows OS (basically the way the OS, and programs, rounded the year to 2 digits).
www.britannica.com/technology/Y2K-bug
I work in IT and the amount of calls we got from people asking for information about this attack was staggering. if you get an email with an attachment you wasn't expecting it could possibly be a spoofed email, contact the company that sent it and verify with them. (or do a intodns on the header and cross reference it with company information but pfft details.)
The NHS in England and Scotland....... AND WALES!! we exist too goddang it!
ItReckzHD the irony of you not mentioning northern Ireland
The ransomware hasn't reached any trusts in Wales. The ransomware has only spread through NHS trusts in Scotland and England.
(The PSNI has said that networks in NI might be infected, but they haven't found any evidence yet)
ItReckzHD Wales doesn't exist, don't be silly.
there's no dragon on UK flag, so you don't exist
Jimimori Jixopegu Jiuvoqi putting dragons on it would make it bad ass though, real talk.
The NHS is in Wales as well, don't forget us! :(
Jason Pearson you cant be forgotten if no one knows you exist
Jason Pearson Although it didn't really affect Wales, I heard a figure of around 6 computers, so we really weren't hit as hard as England and Scotland. I think that was his point, otherwise he'd probably have said UK.
Jason Pearson the reason he didn't mention wales when talking about the NHS is because the hack did not actually affect the Welsh NHS only the Scottish and English. Don't worry he didn't forget about us
Yeah but the NHS in Wales and Northen Ireland wasn't hit by the cyber attacks
Jason Pearson yeah but wales has a population of about 12 and I know 2 of them 😂 (english)
I live only a couple miles away from Apple Park, the thing is massive. If you think it's big in the pictures, wait till you see it in real life. Property values are skyrocketing
I liked your comment mainly cos I like your name. Yum. xD
Apple also bought a bunch of buildings nearby the new headquarters for more room...the traffic is going to be horrible!
Why aren't you an Apple-flavored bleach?
property value may skyrocket, but all your outlets will now be proprietary designs based off of something xerox developed and the plugs for them will cost you 100 dollars.
@Grape Flavored Bleach Expect cost of living and cost of general items across the board to skyrocket, friend. When Amazon moved into Seattle they made the city rich and its citizens poor. On the upside it creates a lot of new, high-paying jobs and gets the city more money to improve, but with those wealthy employees comes new, costly homes and services and the rest of the city rubber-bands right with it. If you're not one of the people getting those new jobs, you get left in the dust as costs inflate faster than wages can account for. They raised the minimum wage in Seattle to $15 an hour and many people are still barely treading water.
A few weeks ago there was an Instagram thing where if you reposted a photo from this one swimsuit company within 24 hours, they would give you a free swim suit. I thought it was a small start-up trying to expand their business, especially since one of the models who frequently appeared on their Instagram account was a friend of mine in high school. I was definitely wrong because all the swim suits said "sold out" by the time I could get to the site the next day and I'm pretty sure 99% of the people who reposted their photo never got a swim suit. Lesson learned. :/
Sooo, FYRE burned a lot of people. 😝
who would have thought
OneManOneCamera 🔥🔥🔥🔥
OneManOneCamera *shakes head* that is not what Prometheus intended
I'd never be the first in line for something brand new. Remember when plastic surgery first became a thing? Fyre tried to go too big too quickly and everyone got screwed.
Joshua Moxham You'd have to be at least 100 years old to remember the first plastic surgery procedure. And the cosmetic surgery of that time was pretty impressive, considering limited resources. Plus the surgeons were using precision and not rushing. So no, nothing like Fyre Festival.
You're correct about how you shouldn't be the first in line to test these things, but your example was awful.
Aye Jaye Awful is pushing it. Bad, maybe but it's not as if we have a lock on plastic surgery even now. Death, addiction, fucked up surgeries, partial paralysis not to mention the expense. I don't think as far as risk/reward I was that far off base.
@The Kobester Fun fact: That's false.
@Joshua Moxham Except modern plastic surgery has very low failure rates, negligible fatality rates, addiction is derived from underlying mental health issues, and the expense is fairly typical for, you know, fucking surgery. Stop bitching about shit you're obviously not the market for, you whiny fuck.
The Kobester neat
I like those new lights in the background
- So you're not going to lay us off and allow us to file for unemployment benefits, you're just not going to pay us and force us to quit?
- ...Um, what was the question?
LMFAO!
@Philip - Where do those neat lights on the left and right side of the scene come from? Can you provide a link to them?
Thanks, keep up the good work.
YES I want to know too! They look great!
Under Fyre... I see what you did there
if eminem didnt kill ja rules career in the early 2000's, fyre sure as fuck did
Cameron Roser-Peet same
Derek Was mostly 50 Cent though.
Ja Rule shouldn't have dropped out of fast and the furious. Now he's scrounging around for $$$
Lol! He had a show that failed horribly on vh1 I think and geez seems like he can't catch a break
he should have kept doing drugs with his homies.
"I'm not aware of how this impacts the employee benefits."
Wow. Yeah, they just want to keep dancing around the issue.
Phil, your argument about updating windows has a huge flaw. Many companies and government agencies use custom programs that can be expensive and sometimes dangerous to rework for a new OS. it's why many investment firms still use software from the 80s( if they were to update they could potentially lose millions of investment accounts.)
What type of terrible idea is that? A business decides it's better to rely upon archaic technology for better security? Sounds like it didn't work too well.
the program still does it's job, and updating it could cause millions of dollars in damages. However, the programming language many of the programs use is so old that they are running out of people to manage the programs. updating will have to happen, but until it is unavoidable, the risk is too high.
Yeah, it's a little bit of Sunk Cost, and a LOTTA bit of "this code is
too unwieldy to refactor, so our best short-term solution is to open
another can of spaghetti"
I mean, Fortran IS a good language, but if it's not being taught anymore, it loses its maintainability, and like Mr. Austin stated, eventually, it'll have to be rewritten in one of these newfangled languages these kids understand.
My suggestion would be either Go, Scala, Haskell, R, Erlang/Elixir or Rust, but I don't know _any_ of those languages well enough to make an informed recommendation beyond the fact that all of those are supposed to be good at that sort of thing.
Quite right. While in my undergrad, i worked for the university as well and at the time they used a version of windows 7, and had to have an older version of IE (9?) to be able to use their propriatery software. This university employs several thousand support staff, instructors, assistants, etc., all using some component of this software. This software is also capable of properly interacting with government databases to import HS grades, has dozens, if not hundreds of customized subroutines to performs various data manipulation tasks. Each patch implemented to the OS, or updating to a slightly newer version of IE, has to be rigorously tested with the propriatery software to make sure there are no bugs or issues that could potentially make the entire university come to a halt. It's not as simple as just installing the new patch on allcomputers....
This argument of "but we need the old software and it doesn't work on newer systems!" is as old as the systems we're talking about here.
There are plenty of options to secure these archaic systems without exposing yourself to a full security time bomb like we saw go off here. Virtualization alone gives these businesses plenty of options. The technology is here, guys.
What probably happened here is a common occurrence. A business wanted to increase its profit margins. Those darn windows updates are so annoying though. So the fossils running these businesses decide "well, our software won't run on new systems. I don't want to pay for new systems, despite the opportunity. I don't want to pay for a half decent IT staff to secure my systems, despite the opportunity. Instead, I'll just cry bloody murder to save face if it ever actually happens. I mean, hacking is just a thing from movies anyways, right?"
And lo and behold, this mismanaging mindset has led to a spectacular display of incompetence yet again. I'm sorry, but I feel my sympathy has wandered off elsewhere. Security should not be compromised when it endangers lives like this. End of story.
The side lights make the lighting a lot better. Nice touch!
Are we HONESTLY surprised that something Ja Rule helped produce is a failure? He hasn't been relevant for about 2 decades.
so I'm a delivery guy in the Silicon Valley area, and I've drive passed the new Apple headcounters construction. it's fucking huge, it looked like it's going to be this huge ufo time shape. I'm interested in seeing it when it's completed
real skinny tea is just water
I don't know what I would do if I spent thousands for this huge, blow out event, only to arrive to an emergency tent with a bloodstained mattress. I read an article about the Fyre event and it said that this boy spent everything he had to go. He was alone, money-less, and had no way off the island. Those co founders should be ashamed of putting their customers and workers in such positions, and deserve each law suit they get.
Baylee Holloran I agree. That is also a very stupid boy.
Baylee Holloran I feel bad for him, but really lol... He spent money that he needs on a music festival. That's his own fault really.
I agree that the company who did this is really shitty for doing it.....but it's also kinda hard to feel bad for someone who spends THAT much money without making sure they're spending it on something worthwhile. People just like to
blindly buy into things like that because it makes them feel special. And that boy is very VERY stupid. This probably won't be the last time he's in a sad position because he made very dumb decisions.
Why would he spend all his money on a festival? What did he expect to do after the festival ended? Marry an Instagram model?
A consumer should be able to trust someone advertising an event in such a way. Don't advertise and event that isn't going to happen
This has become my main source of news. I trust you Philip and your common sense.
"when do you trust what's being put in front of you?" When I watch your show Phil! Hope I didn't overcomplicate that. I seriously have a hard time trusting the motives of any other information. People aren't honest about their bias. You're up front, relaxed, but at the same time. You are professional. I trust you to be honest with me and the rest of your audience when you bring us news. When you get something wrong I trust in the true Phily D style that you'll own it, and do anything else necessary to make the situation right. You're human, you behave as such. In this world, everybody wants to be something else. You just want to make a god damn good news network. I am behind you sir.
I like those blue side lamps.
*Thanks for adding the lights, you rock Phil :]*
Dan Smoke do you know where he got them from??
Those lights look way nicer than the trees that were in the background
About sponsored content: I trust transparency. You, Jackfilms, Pewdiepie, especially Emma Blackery (she is the most transparent I know when it comes to that), Marzia, etc are extremely transparent when it comes to sponsored content. And it also feels like you guys are like that not only because of the legal aspect, but also the ethical one. So, yeah, I like it and appreciate it. You've all gained my trust ^^
Try explaining to people in the 1800s how a lack of air conditioning can end up in a lawsuit these days lol.
The Fyre documentaries are up now. Give us another video on the updates to the Fyre Festival, and talk about how the Hulu version exposed the bias in the Netflix version.
QuiteDecent Wait im watching the Netflix one and I don’t have Hulu. Whats the difference?
@@themanmrbijok7364 apparently the group who produced Netflix's version FuckJerry were also responsible for the publicity of the festival
My dad's Computer got hacked. We live in Germany and an employee from Microsoft called him on Monday from over there in america while speaking broken german and fixed the problem. Thing is my dad has no license for Windows, he got it from his brother, and now by dad's computer is locked because he doesn't have a key and no money to buy new 120€ license. But well props to Microsoft for contacting him and fixing it over the phone and via this access thingy. They worked at it for two hours.
Watched the Netflix doc on this yesterday and I came back to watch your coverage on it. I was not prepared for how much nostalgia I'd feel by seeing the old set up 😣❤
Sooo basically the Fyre Festival is the Instagram version of Tumblr's Dashcon? lmfao
Prefer the new lights over the weird tree shrubs.
Yes! they are neat o'
Love the new background Phil!!
"somthing seems differnt"
*I think to myself as I intensly stare at the new lamps trying to figure out whats new*
Philly D getting in there with a punny title
So sad for those employees. Hope the Fyre Media doesn't get away with it. On a different note, thank you MalwareTech ✌️
o.O A while ago, Cortana (the Windows 10 AI) mentioned that Apple had "made their HQ look like a Halo" o.o
Cewkaurai Zok'Aerrus Mind BLOWN!
Looks kind of like they might be able to launch it into space at a moment's notice.
microsoft: I have seen better
building lifts into space
microsoft: ...
Darlene Ramiron really now? And how do you surmise from my comment that A: I am classed as overweight, and B: at risk of a stroke? Sorry, but you just tried to shove a ballista bolt through a hole designed for a barbed arrow... *insert generic game show "fail" sound*
I work for a very very large healthcare company. When the ransomware issues began happening just recently to other health care companies, they began locking down our computers even more. We aren't allowed to plug any outside devices into company computers, open any emails that are not from the company server, or use the internet for any websites that are non company approved.
It's a HUGE legal issue if our server is hacked. We have the entire state of Utah's medical records in our completely electronic system. Plus we have thousands of employees with access to it. They feel we have a target on our backs. My company (Intermountain Healthcare) would easily pay a 1 million+ dollar ransom if we were hacked.
Anyone else drop whatever they were doing when they Philly D notification?
SoKal __ I'm in the middle of a move and just sat down and started up on the truck with a couch on lean
SoKal __ I didn't get a notification, just went to the channel and refreshed the page at 2pm.
I was adding listings on Etsy and dropped everything to watch, so yes
I stopped watching cat videos immediately.
Pants still around my ankles from my fap..
MalwareTech is a true hero
Liking your haircut, Phil. So fresh & so clean clean 👍👍
50 Cent and Eminem spent about 5 years trying to destroy Ja Rule, and all it took was leaving him alone with his instagram models to do it to himself.
love the lights there pretty. lit
The Fyre Festival, proving you can do worse than Dashcon.
The funniest part of fyre festival was the rich kids marooned on a gorgeous island calling themselves 'refugees'
I love the addition of the lights back there
When it comes to sponsorships and ads, I just ignore them all. I'm not going to hate on people who are in the marketing industry, but marketing in general has always been a manipulation, at least to my mind. And I've always seen this type of manipulation to be an assumption that I'm dumb enough to get tricked into wanting stuff I don't need. Nowadays, that seems to be the road that marketing is taking: creating a need rather than understanding it. So yeah, this is why I have AdBlocker Plus on all my broswers (Sorry Phil, but I'll get over to Patreon once my rent is paid to show my appreciation for what you do).
If you cover a story that has voice recordings in the future, i would like to request subtitles for the audio (in this case the conference was pretty hard to understand at some points).
Keep being awesome.
all I gotta say is that those pillars are fucking amazing
It makes me genuinely happy every time I see an ad on one of Phil's videos
Still not as bad a failure as Dashcon.
Entertainment 720, anyone?
Pinch of Luck Sweets atleast E720 had a big going out of business party.
at least theres no ball pit
Mo Hax I was looking for a dashcon joke
Mo Hax I've actually heard reports that a ballpit made an appearance.
Mo Hax that was photoshop
one positive from the Frye festival were all those tweets. I had tears from laughter. I'm a broke amd busy college student and really needed the laugh.
Did anyone else notice he was wearing a Rooster Teeth hoodie?
Uriah Major Yeah, he wears it a lot actually. i have the same hoodie, it's extremely comfy.
He is a supporter of RT he actually sometimes features them in his today in awesome segment. He actually did a podcast with Burnie at the SXSW2016 that you should be able to find just by searching it and recently he was featured in a million dollars but.
For anyone who is confused about Fyre fest, there is a Parks and Rec episode that goes into detail
Instagram models are probably 60% of why I refuse to use Instagram
Phil is one of the few people I trust on the internet. I'm not saying that because I'm here, but because I've been here... for the better part of a decade, and I've seen a couple of his ancient webcam shows even earlier (many of which are now private). Phil has almost always has been transparent as possible, and isn't afraid to call things how he sees them. His content doesn't serve to lie or manipulate the people to get ahead, or spin things his way.
His meticulous research, which he mostly did by himself back in the day, while not always 100% accurate, it wasn't for a lack of trying.
Phil is probably the greatest TH-camr of all time, his personality and work ethic is a great representation of the original TH-cam spirit.
"Come under FYRE" lol i see u phil
when TH-cam sends the notification 15 minutes late
Only you can prevent forest fyres
So Fyre Festival was an accronym, WHO KNEW! For "fu** Your Reasonable Expectations" festival lol
Didn't know if you'd do a video on this but one of the TH-camrs from the skeptic feminist channel just got arrested for murder.
Mary Jane ha!
Mary Jane Whaaaat??
Respect is earned not given. aleksandr kolpakov. He was arrested on second degree murder charges. He is the Russian deadpool 3 ppl run the channel and he killed one of the women (heather/ivy) who helped host the channel.
Mary Jane Elaborate please? I have no idea what you're talking about here.
Mary Jane Details? Who's she kill?
Phil where did you get those awesome blue lamps in your set?
I only trust the people who call me a bastard on a daily basis.
Great job as always Phil!!!
Also want you to know that you're currently my favorite place to get news. The way you present the news is perfect!
My only wish is that you had your own 24/7 news network...which is why I'm excited for the growth plan you explained to us.
Cheers! :)
I want to makes loads of money as an Instagram star.
With a face like that you'll go far
Blood-stained mattresses though?? HOW??
There are still many government and institution computer using windows 7 and even windows xp, and previous windows server, embedded, posready, thinpc (based on the windows xp,7,8, 8.1 iteration) bcos it costs MONEY to upgrade every computer license + let alone maintaining the system + updating apps used + dependencies + different agencies compatibility + TIME + etc. The bigger the company, the more expensive it is to maintain (and just be honest those exec that isnt computer-literate would belittle managing IT hence they wouldnt care decades old servers/towers as long as they are working as intended).
Now, thats just the software, I haven't included the professionals required to maintain the hardware side to support the software (usually Desktop PC in big institutions require major hardware upgrades every 5 years to keep up with the latest tech but this is also depending on the budget they gave/needs). All it takes is some hackers who knows which government/agencies/part of the world not keeping up with latest patches/tech/hardware updates and take advantage of that cos there are still more than 40% chance these people were not a part of early adopters. So it again comes down to money management to micromanage the tech. If they think nobody gonna attack their server just cos nobody had successfully attacked them in the past, they would be wrong. Thats why everyone nowadays should keep up with the tech world cos you never know how motivated these hackers can be in finding backdoors.
Even though one is considered to be professionals/ IT expert doesnt mean they would understand how hacking works unless they learn hacking first. Theory/certification/degree alone wouldnt help. Tech always evolve as the case with everything in the world (cooking/education/language etc). So being an expert or very secure again begs the question of how knowledgable one is/how far it is secured.
Then there are people who says (like my parents) "just get an Apple then"... WTF Its not as simple as that Mom people would always try to find a flaw in the system no matter how secure an OS is cos there is always one hacker one step ahead of you!! bla... bla... (I need not explain more tldr)
Those companies should invest in some information security professionals. Data is the most important thing on a computer. They should have at least some sort of backup solution. They could simply reimage the system and restore the data.
Dave H; that's all well and good to say, but almost all Government agencies have IS Professionals. The major problem we have is that you can make all the recommendations in the world, but you can't do jack shit without a budget to implement them properly. A lot of Government systems only work because some very smart (and underpaid) person worked out how to implement required features using existing technology for a fraction of the cost of the actual recommended solution.
TentaclePentacle Yes, patches are free. But they still need to be tested before they are distributed to production systems.
Arya Jonathan Like I said, Information *Security*. Not just an IT Professional.
***** Yes, but those licenses also gives them access to support from the company.
So glad you finally covered the Fyre festival!! I've been in stitches about it for weeks now!
This is exactly why our country should *not* be run as a business - the people on the bottom (i.e., Americans) are always the first to get the shaft.
wrong, this is exactly how you do not run a business... period.
Nacho Miranda I'm sitting here wondering how not paying someone instead of firing them is legal?
it all depends on the contract that supports the agreement.
Yeah that sounds right. They probably signed either a really vague contract or basically got conned.
Lol the dumbasses always get shafted just as it should be. Survival of the fittest
The NHS actually use windows XP so they kind of had it coming.
For many businesses the national health services it's not as simple as they didn't install updates. They can't. Imagine with the NHS. They have various medical equipment like MRI machines and the vender that sold it has gone out of business. It runs on embedded Windows XP because that was the newest thing at the time. Now it can't be updated but still needs to function to save lives. Same with banking systems and ATM machines ect. They're hard wired to run XP in many cases. Making this virus all the more dangerous.
constant vigilance, They might of done. Except that, the NHS isn't particularly well funded. They can't exactly afford to buy the up-to-date software out of their own pockets, so what are they going to do? Windows certainly isn't going to donate it.
When it comes to trust and advertising, its like making a new friend. The more I see them the more likely I am to trust them, and my trust exponentially increases when someone tells me about it. For example I trust that you are not feeding me bullshit because I have done fact checking on some things and I haven't yet seen a false statement.
:o You've had a haircut! NICE! :D Was getting distracted by that monster you used to have :P