Ransomware infections reported worldwide – BBC News
A massive ransomware campaign appears to have infected a number of organisations around the world.Computers in thousands of locations have apparently been locked by a program that demands $300 (£230) in Bitcoin.There have been reports of infections in more than 70 countries, including the UK, US, China, Russia, Spain, Italy and Taiwan.Many security researchers are linking the incidents together.The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) was also hit by a ransomware outbreak on the same day and screenshots of the WannaCry program were shared by NHS staff.One cyber-security researcher tweeted that he had detected many thousands of cases of the ransomware – known as WannaCry and variants of that name – around the world.”This is huge,” said Jakub Kroustek at Avast.Another, at cyber-security firm Kaspersky, said that the ransomware had been spotted cropping up in 74 countries and that the number was still growing.
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