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☠️ WannaCry Ransomware Attack (2017) ☠️
May 2017 witnessed one of the deadliest cyberattacks took place. It was the WannaCry ransomware attack, caused by the WannaCry crypto worm. The victims were the users who used the unsupported version of Microsoft Windows and those who hadn't installed the new security update. This happened through an exposed and vulnerable SMB port.
The attack originated in Asia, and then eventually spread across the globe. In a day, more than 200,000 computers were infected across 150 countries. The WannaCry crypto worm locked the users out of the target systems and encrypted the data. In return, the victims were asked for a ransom of $300 - $600, which had to be paid via bitcoin.
This attack resulted in billions of dollars of damage. Within a few days, the emergency patches released by Microsoft halted the attack, and the discovery of a kill switch prevented the infected computers from spreading the crypto worm. Security experts and a few countries believed that North Korea was behind this attack.
☠️ WannaCry Ransomware Attack (2017) ☠️
May 2017 witnessed one of the deadliest cyberattacks took place. It was the WannaCry ransomware attack, caused by the WannaCry crypto worm. The victims were the users who used the unsupported version of Microsoft Windows and those who hadn't installed the new security update. This happened through an exposed and vulnerable SMB port.
The attack originated in Asia, and then eventually spread across the globe. In a day, more than 200,000 computers were infected across 150 countries. The WannaCry crypto worm locked the users out of the target systems and encrypted the data. In return, the victims were asked for a ransom of $300 - $600, which had to be paid via bitcoin.
This attack resulted in billions of dollars of damage. Within a few days, the emergency patches released by Microsoft halted the attack, and the discovery of a kill switch prevented the infected computers from spreading the crypto worm. Security experts and a few countries believed that North Korea was behind this attack.
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