https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-attack-idUSKBN19I1TD
A ransomware attack hit computers across the world on Tuesday, taking out servers at Russia's biggest oil company, disrupting operations at Ukrainian banks, and shutting down computers at multinational shipping and advertising firms.
Cyber security experts said those behind the attack appeared to have exploited the same type of hacking tool used in the WannaCry ransomware attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers in May before a British researcher created a kill-switch.
"It's like WannaCry all over again," said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer with Helsinki-based cyber security firm F-Secure.
He said he expected the outbreak to spread in the Americas as workers turned on vulnerable machines, allowing the virus to attack. "This could hit the U.S.A. pretty bad," he said.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it was monitoring reports of cyber attacks around the world and coordinating with other countries.
The first reports of organizations being hit emerged from Russia and Ukraine, but the impact quickly spread westwards to computers in Romania, the Netherlands, Norway, and Britain.
Many recent outages/attacks have a pattern and a UK power grid outage is anticipated.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 28 2017, @06:05PM (1 child)
Yes, lets blame the victims. They're all idiots who shouldn't bet let near a computer. Microsoft and the Windows team have done an awesome job.
(Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Wednesday June 28 2017, @07:26PM
No.
We all know that Windows "security" is lacking (to put it in the mildest of terms).
So if you have to run Windows, you should go through every possible extra step to protect yourself from the known issues and the likely but unknown ones.
Oblig car analogy: It's like wearing a fireproof suit in a Pinto, because somehow you got stuck having to take a Pinto to work.