Simply appalling. That game sucks. At least host something good, like Diablo II co-op.
It could have at least been Trauma Center, then it would have at least made some sense to play in a hospital.
edited 14th Jan '11 5:13:25 AM by dmysta3000
GUNDAMU GUNDAMUBut it would still be incredibly WAT-inducing.
Also, you wrote Trauma Center wrong.
People aren't as awful as the internet makes them out to be.Who was the idiot that thought that a hospital server was a good place to hack into for Co D?
Well, they might have just hacked some server they noticed without knowing what it was in real life, but... yeah, that's pretty bad.
Absolutely uninformed guess, so that doctors can access patient data from outside the hospital.
edited 14th Jan '11 6:56:47 AM by Tzetze
[1] This facsimile operated in part by synAC.Anything can become a hacker target. It doesn't excuse the behavior, but ultimately it's the hospital's job to make sure their systems are secure. What if the intrusion was used for identity theft, or to screw with patients' medical records?
It's like people who bitch at Blizzard about their World Of Warcraft account being hacked. Dude, if someone planted a keylogger in your computer or you're in the habit of giving away account information because someone sent you a phishing email, you have worse problems than a stupid game.
edited 14th Jan '11 7:07:13 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Can somebody bring in the "this is why we cannot have nice things" picture? Cause that's how I'm feeling right now.
Still need More Dakka, and it's about time to start a real WAAAAAGH.The gamers didn't seem to care about the confidential records, and the hospital didn't seem to lose any important functionality from this. Most likely they just hacked a random server they came across without thinking about it.
So basically this is just a warning about the hospital's own lack of security. They should be glad it was a bunch of bored gamers that exposed their weakness and not someone who was actively malicious.





http://gizmodo.com/5733261/gamers-hack-medical-server-to-host-a-game-of-call-of-duty-black-ops
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/14/seacoast_radiology_server_breach/