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A Ransomware Outbreak Is Infecting Computers Across the World Right Now
- oelmekki 9y agoSame story from a website that allows you to read content even with adblock : https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/27/15879480/petrwrap-virus-ukraine-ransomware-attack-europe-wannacry https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/27/15879480/petrwrap-virus-u...
- zucchini_head 9y ago> According to a tweet from anti-virus company Avira, [these attacks] were taking advantage of the EternalBlue exploit previously leaked by the group known as The Shadow Brokers So it's using the same exploit as WannaCry? I'm very inexperienced when it comes to transfer protocols and windows vulns and all this kind of stuff, so maybe I'm missing something, but how could this be allowed to happen again? Some big firms have been hit! However a quick glance on other news sources and twitter, Vice is doing a clickbait with the title, since it's not really a high number of firms that have been hit, but more that the few that have are geographically sparse.
- dx034 9y agoProbably another exploit but published by the same group? Still means that companies didn't react properly after WannaCry.
- Ralfp 9y agoI'm employeed in one of global companies hit by this attack and we've been told to immediately turn off the boxes and remove the cords and await further notice by global-wide mailing. The costs of workhours lost due to people being forced to move away from their workstations will go into hundreds of millions. Scary times.
- mdekkers 9y agoremove the cords and await further notice by global-wide mailing. How would that work, disconnect from the network, and await email...
- tarsinge 9y agoMeta: I would have preferred the Forbes articles tagged [dupe], this one is better researched