Month: May 2017

A massive cyber-attack other wise known as the Ransomware has been infected computer systems in 99 countries. Countries are UK, US, China, Russia, Spain, Italy and Taiwan. So far more then 74,000 computer system has been identified as infected.

This is Huge

UK : The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has been hit. Some hospitals and doctor’s have been unable to access patient data. Some surgeries has been cancelled.

Russia : Reports confirmed Russia had seen more infections than any other country. In
Germany: Some local railway ticket system is down.

Spain : Communication(Telefonica), utility (Iberdrola, Gas Natural).

Portugal : Communication(Portugal Telecom).

Other Companies : FedEx.

Attack Tools and Who is Behind the Attack

At this point it is not sure who is behind this attack.) Attack tools known as WannaCry believed to have been developed by the NSA (National Security Agency of US) has struck organizations around the world.

Our Ransomware Posts

http://www.linkmeshin.com/blog/home/ransomware-what-is-it-why-it-matters-what-is-the-next-level-how-to-get-protection/

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http://www.linkmeshin.com/blog/home/carleton-university-of-canada-is-the-latest-victim-of-hacking-attack/

Writer – Rubayat M.