Dozens of countries hit by huge cyberextortion attack

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: May 12, 2017 at 6:10:41 PM EDT
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Dozens of countries hit by huge cyberextortion attack
>
>
> Dozens of countries hit by huge cyberextortion attack
>
> 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.
>
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>
> --Lauren--



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