Ransomware Attack (99 countries impacted)

[HuskyDeac]

This is pretty wild. Computers across the world have been infected with a ransomware program which locks the computer and demands $300 in 3 days to unlock the system or the ransom doubles/information gets erased forever. The UK NHS is one of those attacked which has resulted in no access to patients records/scheduling/etc, delaying all medical procedures and appointments in some hospitals. Spanish telecom company Telefonica was also attacked.

Sounds like this has the potential to multiply in terms of computers affected as it scans for other computers attached to the network.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/live/2017/may/12/england-hospitals-cyber-attack-nhs-live-updates
http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/12/technology/ransomware-attack-nsa-microsoft/index.html

 

[ImTheCaptain]

"check date of last backup....... 2013...fuck"

 

[ImTheCaptain]

in related news:

The hacking tool was leaked by a group calling itself the Shadow Brokers, which has been dumping stolen N.S.A. hacking tools online beginning last year. Microsoft rolled out a patch for the vulnerability last March, but hackers took advantage of the fact that vulnerable targets — particularly hospitals — had yet to update their systems.

great job, assholes

 

[WakeandBake]

These are our biggest threat and when I arrived at my company they were dealing with the aftermath. There are some good tools out there to deal with it. Companies need to fund their IT accordingly

 

[dartsndeacs]

These are our biggest threat and when I arrived at my company they were dealing with the aftermath. There are some good tools out there to deal with it. Companies need to fund their IT accordingly

Or just spend $6k on a good insurance policy

 

[DistrictDeacon]

Or just spend $6k on a good insurance policy

#parttimeIT

 

[WFU71]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-attack-idUSKCN18B0AC

"Cyber security researchers have found technical clues they said could link North Korea with the global WannaCry "ransomware" cyber attack that has infected more than 300,000 machines in 150 countries since Friday.

Symantec and Kaspersky Lab said on Monday some code in an earlier version of the WannaCry software had also appeared in programs used by the Lazarus Group, which researchers from many companies have identified as a North Korea-run hacking operation."

 

[sailordeac]

retribution for hacking their missiles?

 

[warak]

retribution for hacking their missiles?

From what I heard on NPR it does look like from N Korea, but sort of 'small time' coding. They said it was maybe more successful then they thought it would be because it was sort of basic.

Not a coder. Just what I heard.