Talk:Waikato District Health Board ransomware attack

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Utter fiction

Latest comment: 7 months ago5 comments2 people in discussion

The only correct information on this page is that there was a breach, other than that all the facts are utter balderdash. ~2025-34516-94 (talk) 08:01, 18 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Do you have a source for this assertion?-Gadfium (talk) 08:11, 18 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Yeah, I worked there during the event, I was the technical lead. ~2025-34516-94 (talk) 01:13, 19 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

At the moment, we have numerous reliable sources supporting the content in the article, and we cannot accept an anonymous poster calling it all "Utter fiction". If you are quoted in a WP:Reliable source, we may be able to use that, just as we currently include reports quoting Kevin Snee. Please include any such links for evaluation.-Gadfium (talk) 01:37, 19 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

That's a joke, I'm not putting my name down as then people will know and still have friends that work there, not to mention the NDA's that are in place, your "reliable sources" weren't woken up at 02:00 to help. Take it or leave it, happy to talk off the record if you want the actual truth of things. As for validity, go back to your sources and ask if the problem started with vSphere, then you will know I speak the truth. Your article is just fluff with no real meat on the bones. ~2025-34516-94 (talk) 03:37, 19 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

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