Reports are publishing by various outlets that a wave of ransomware affecting the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) as well as other firms throughout Europe.
The attack has been determined to have threaten the hospital and health service network’s ability to communicate, while patient records and other resources were unavailable as well. Ransomware is a kind of malicious software that locks up a computer, demanding a ransom – typically to be paid in bitcoin – to unlock the files.
According to the reports of The Guardian indicate that as many as 40 offices connected to NHS were impacted, the UK hasn’t yet moved to confirm this figure. A statement on the attack has been issued to Prime Minister Theresa May, declaring that no patient data is believed to have been compared.
It’s not just one but outlets are reporting that more than a dozen countries, – and as many as 74, according to one security firm – have been affected by the hacking tool.
Outlets are reporting that more than a dozen countries – and as many as 74, according to one security firm – have been affected by the hacking tool. Cybersecurity firm Kapersky Labs has said that most of the attacks were directed toward Russia, and that available figures may not fully represent the scale of the impact.
Few of the companies knocked include shipping giant FedEx and Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica.
The New York Times has put its words that the attack is believed to have been powered by a hacking tool originally developed by the US National Security Agency and published last month by a group known as the Shadow Brokers.
It remains to be clear whether the companies affected by the attacks will pay the requested ransoms – as much as $300 in bitcoin per machine, as reports indicate. Yet bitcoin addresses highlighted in the ransomware's code by Matthieu Suiche, founder of cybersecurity firm Comae Technologies, indicate that at least some people are paying the demanded ransoms.
The attack has been determined to have threaten the hospital and health service network’s ability to communicate, while patient records and other resources were unavailable as well. Ransomware is a kind of malicious software that locks up a computer, demanding a ransom – typically to be paid in bitcoin – to unlock the files.
According to the reports of The Guardian indicate that as many as 40 offices connected to NHS were impacted, the UK hasn’t yet moved to confirm this figure. A statement on the attack has been issued to Prime Minister Theresa May, declaring that no patient data is believed to have been compared.
It’s not just one but outlets are reporting that more than a dozen countries, – and as many as 74, according to one security firm – have been affected by the hacking tool.
Outlets are reporting that more than a dozen countries – and as many as 74, according to one security firm – have been affected by the hacking tool. Cybersecurity firm Kapersky Labs has said that most of the attacks were directed toward Russia, and that available figures may not fully represent the scale of the impact.
Few of the companies knocked include shipping giant FedEx and Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica.
The New York Times has put its words that the attack is believed to have been powered by a hacking tool originally developed by the US National Security Agency and published last month by a group known as the Shadow Brokers.
It remains to be clear whether the companies affected by the attacks will pay the requested ransoms – as much as $300 in bitcoin per machine, as reports indicate. Yet bitcoin addresses highlighted in the ransomware's code by Matthieu Suiche, founder of cybersecurity firm Comae Technologies, indicate that at least some people are paying the demanded ransoms.
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