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  1. If you've read my piece on the British Library attack and its lessons for other organisations, you may also enjoy @DataG's more technically focused piece which confirms the attack vector was the third-party proprietary system Microsoft Terminal Services. dltj.org/article/british-library-cybersecurity-report/ @LSEImpactBlog/1770044467795382756
    1. …in reply to @SimonXIX
      Interesting to note that this is not only out-of-date proprietary software but from one of the biggest software providers in the world. There's often less security in using a bigger corporate provider because there's more hackers looking at it and more opportunity to find holes.