lauren@vortex.com
Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 15:10:41 -0700
via NNSquad http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article150231887.html
Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that
locked up computers and held users' files for ransom at a multitude of
hospitals, companies and government agencies. The attack appeared to
exploit a vulnerability that was purportedly identified by the U.S.
National Security Agency for its own intelligence-gathering purposes and
was later leaked to the Internet. Britain's national health service was
hit hard, its hospitals forced to close wards and emergency rooms. Spain,
Portugal and Russia were also struck. Several cybersecurity firms said
they had identified the malicious software behind the attack in upward of
60 countries, with Russia apparently the hardest hit.
[On the UK NHS danny burstein burstein noted
UK hospital system suffering nationwide computer issues
(The Guardian):
NHS hospitals across England hit by large-scale cyber-attack
Immediately on discovery of the problem, the trust acted to protect
its IT systems by shutting them down; it also meant that the trust's
telephone system is not able to accept incoming calls.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/12/hospitals-across-england-hit-by-large-scale-cyber-attack
See Also
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39899646
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