小心一点了,似乎很厉害。
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cyberattack-nsa-britain-1.4114063
Schools, hospitals, manufacturers and transportation systems infected by the malware
Thomson Reuters Posted: May 13, 2017 6:02 AM ET Last Updated: May 13, 2017 11:46 AM ET
A cyberattack using leaked NSA hacking tools had affected 99 countries by Saturday morning, security firm Avast said. (@fendifille/Twitter)
A global cyberattack described as unprecedented in scale forced a major European automaker to halt some production lines while hitting schools in China and hospitals in Indonesia on Saturday, though it appeared to die down a day after its launch.
Capitalizing on spying tools believed to have been developed by the NSA, the cyberassault has infected tens of thousands of computers in nearly 100 countries, with Britain's health system suffering the worst disruptions.
Once inside the targeted network, so-called ransomware made use of recently revealed spy tools to silently infect other out-of-date machines without any human intervention. This, security experts said, marked an unprecedented escalation in the risk of fresh attacks spreading in the coming days and weeks.
The ransomware encrypted data on the computers, demanding payments of $300 to $600 to restore access. Researchers observed some victims paying via the digital currency bitcoin, though no one knows how much may have been transferred to extortionists because of the largely anonymous nature of such transactions.
Researchers with security software maker Avast said they had observed 126,534 ransomware infections in 99 countries, with Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan the top targets.
The hackers, who have not come forward, took advantage of a worm, or self-spreading malware, by exploiting a piece of NSA spy code known as "Eternal Blue" that was released last month by a hackers group known as the Shadow Brokers, according to researchers with several private cyber security firms.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cyberattack-nsa-britain-1.4114063
Schools, hospitals, manufacturers and transportation systems infected by the malware
Thomson Reuters Posted: May 13, 2017 6:02 AM ET Last Updated: May 13, 2017 11:46 AM ET
A cyberattack using leaked NSA hacking tools had affected 99 countries by Saturday morning, security firm Avast said. (@fendifille/Twitter)
A global cyberattack described as unprecedented in scale forced a major European automaker to halt some production lines while hitting schools in China and hospitals in Indonesia on Saturday, though it appeared to die down a day after its launch.
Capitalizing on spying tools believed to have been developed by the NSA, the cyberassault has infected tens of thousands of computers in nearly 100 countries, with Britain's health system suffering the worst disruptions.
- Criminals said to use leaked NSA cyberweapon in crippling ransomware attack
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Once inside the targeted network, so-called ransomware made use of recently revealed spy tools to silently infect other out-of-date machines without any human intervention. This, security experts said, marked an unprecedented escalation in the risk of fresh attacks spreading in the coming days and weeks.
The ransomware encrypted data on the computers, demanding payments of $300 to $600 to restore access. Researchers observed some victims paying via the digital currency bitcoin, though no one knows how much may have been transferred to extortionists because of the largely anonymous nature of such transactions.
Researchers with security software maker Avast said they had observed 126,534 ransomware infections in 99 countries, with Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan the top targets.
The hackers, who have not come forward, took advantage of a worm, or self-spreading malware, by exploiting a piece of NSA spy code known as "Eternal Blue" that was released last month by a hackers group known as the Shadow Brokers, according to researchers with several private cyber security firms.