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Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. Released in 2001, it was a widely popular operating system known for its stability and user-friendly interface. Despite its age, it was famously still in use in critical infrastructure, such as parts of the UK's NHS, long after its official end-of-life support, posing significant security risks.
up until 2020, a good chunk of the NHS was still run on Windows XP and there was a special ransomware virus want to cry or something else that got released that affected like 1% of NHS and thousands, tens of thousands of patient data went.
""The speaker mentioned Windows XP as an example of outdated technology still in use within government systems (specifically the NHS in the UK), highlighting the challenges of modernization and the security risks associated with legacy software."