A Ransomware Outbreak Is Infecting Computers Across the World Right Now

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qv4gx5/a-ransomware-outbreak-is-infecting-computers-across-the-world-right-now

by shakes • 9 years ago

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oelmekki2• 9 years ago

Same story from a website that allows you to read content even with adblock : https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/27/15879480/petrwrap-virus-u...

drcongo2• 9 years ago

So does this one.

oelmekki2• 9 years ago

Oh, my bad, there was two links on HN homepage, that was the Forbes one which was blocking me. Any admin can delete my comment, please?

zucchini_head• 9 years ago

According to a tweet from anti-virus company Avira, [these attacks] were taking advantage of the EternalBlue exploit previously leaked by the group known as The Shadow Brokers

So it's using the same exploit as WannaCry? I'm very inexperienced when it comes to transfer protocols and windows vulns and all this kind of stuff, so maybe I'm missing something, but how could this be allowed to happen again? Some big firms have been hit!

However a quick glance on other news sources and twitter, Vice is doing a clickbait with the title, since it's not really a high number of firms that have been hit, but more that the few that have are geographically sparse.

dx034• 9 years ago

Probably another exploit but published by the same group? Still means that companies didn't react properly after WannaCry.

Ralfp2• 9 years ago

I'm employeed in one of global companies hit by this attack and we've been told to immediately turn off the boxes and remove the cords and await further notice by global-wide mailing.

The costs of workhours lost due to people being forced to move away from their workstations will go into hundreds of millions. Scary times.

mdekkers• 9 years ago

remove the cords and await further notice by global-wide mailing.

How would that work, disconnect from the network, and await email...

pdwetz• 9 years ago

I'm guessing enough people have access to email via their phones to spread the word?

Ralfp2• 9 years ago

Mobile phones and home machines after working hours.

tarsinge• 9 years ago

Meta: I would have preferred the Forbes articles tagged [dupe], this one is better researched

A Ransomware Outbreak Is Infecting Computers Across the World Right Now

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