Thousands of ransomware cyberattacks reported worldwide
 

A ransomware virus is reported to be spreading aggressively around the globe, with over 50,000 computers having been targeted. The virus infects computer files and then demands money to unblock them.

An increase in activity of the malware was noticed starting from 8am CET (07:00 GMT) Friday, security software company Avast reported, adding that it "quickly escalated into a massive spreading."

In a matter of hours, over 57,000 attacks have been detected worldwide, the company said.

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Open mongo amateurs LOL

The ransomware attack is from TPTB to use as an excuse to crack down on Bitcoin, if you've got Bitcoin sell now!!

Bitcoin should be banned :2 cents:

I just saw this on the news. It looks very, very serious.

I do not have any files on my computer that I cannot live without. If this ever happened to me and I couldn't fix it myself or get someone to fix for me, I would just buy a new computer.

Isn't Rudy Giuliani our Cybersecurity director? I hope he is prepared for this.

This is huge...

Nothing new here. This has been going on for years since Cryptolocker.

Hardly a news if only 50k computers targeted. Beside, people should learn to use cloud to stay safe from shit like this.

My girlfriend calls them Magic beans.

LOL so it seems the NSA are responsible for the latest hack. Thanks America, fucking scum.
They designed the hacking software and managed to get it stolen, now it's in the wild and being used for nefarious purposes.

I blame incompetent companies that allow emails, files and websites to be opened without being whitelisted.
Someone opened an infected file which then is allowed to spread through the system. How in 2017 is this allowed to happen to big corporations? Fucking retards.

Oddly enough I've never been hit with anything. Knock on wood.

How i hate ransomware even more then ddoser's.

I just ctrl - Alt - Del and shut that bitch down.

And knives should be banned, with internet too

Primarily Russians hacked?

A lot of the NHS in the UK is also having a fucked up day.
Wonder how much the hackers / NSA are making from this?

Virus named "WannaCry" :1orglaugh

I don't think it gives them more than salary in NSA.

In light of today's attack, Congress needs to be asking @NSAgov if it knows of any other vulnerabilities in software used in our hospitals.
https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/863108616773095425

Despite warnings, @NSAGov built dangerous attack tools that could target Western software. Today we see the cost:

Hackers Hit Dozens of Countries Exploiting Stolen N.S.A. Tool
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/w...berattack.html

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Ambulance staff at a National Health Service hospital in London on Friday. Several hospitals across Britain were hit by a large-scale cyberattack, causing failures to computer systems.

many gfy member do well today :winkwink:

Instead NSA protecting for terrorist cyberattacks, they created 1 themselves.
IS couldn't have done a greater job.

Interesting stats - NHS 5th largest employer in the world...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_employers

That's what She said....

Look at the rise since 2010. I thought the NHS was squeezed for cash and losing doctors and nurses.

They target big companies. Most of us are safe.