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Titre: [AVAST]Ransomware that infected Telefonica and NHS hospitals is spreading aggressively, with over 50,000 attacks so far, today
Posté par: igor51 le mai 13, 2017, 23:00:13

Ransomware that infected Telefonica and NHS hospitals is spreading aggressively, with over 50,000 attacks so far, today

Update (6:10 CET, Saturday, May 13th): We are now seeing more 126,000 detections of WanaCrypt0r 2.0, in 104 countries.

We have observed a massive peak in WanaCrypt0r 2.0 (aka WCry) ransomware attacks today, with more than 57,000 detections, so far. According to our data, the ransomware is mainly being targeted to Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan, but the ransomware has successfully infected major institutions, like hospitals across England and Spanish telecommunications company, Telefonica.

Source: Ransomware that infected Telefonica and NHS hospitals is spreading aggressively, with over 50,000 attacks so far, today (https://blog.avast.com/ransomware-that-infected-telefonica-and-nhs-hospitals-is-spreading-aggressively-with-over-50000-attacks-so-far-today)