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WanaCrypt0r ransomware hits it big just before the weekend

May 12, 2017 admin cybercrime, malware, NHS WanaCryptor, nhs wannacryptor, ransomware, Telefonica, WanaCrypt0r, WannaCry, Wcry

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 18:07:55 +0000

Reports of two massive ransomware attacks by a ransomware that Malwarebytes detects as Ransom.WanaCrypt0r. attacks in Europe are dominating the news.

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Tags: NHS WanaCryptor nhs wannacryptor ransomware telefonica WanaCrypt0r WannaCry Wcry

Independent Krebs

U.K. Hospitals Hit in Widespread Ransomware Attack

May 12, 2017 admin AVAST!, Bleeping Computer, Jakub Kroustek, Lawrence Abrams, National Health Service, Other, Telefonica, Wanna Decryptor, WannaCry

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 16:54:01 +0000

At least 16 hospitals in the United Kingdom are being forced to divert emergency patients today after computer systems there were infected with ransomware, a type of malicious software that encrypts a victim’s documents, images, music and other files unless the victim pays for a key to unlock them. It remains unclear exactly how this ransomware strain is being disseminated and why it appears to have spread so quickly, but there are indications the malware may be spreading to vulnerable systems through a security hole in Windows that was recently patched by Microsoft.