Ransomware virus hits computer servers across Europe

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

CYBER RISK | Tue Jun 27, 2017 | 11:25am EDT

Ransomware virus hits computer servers across Europe

By Jack Stubbs and Pavel Polityuk | MOSCOW/KIEV

A major ransomware attack on Tuesday hit computers at Russia's biggest oil company, the country's banks, Ukraine's international airport as well as global shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk.

Moscow-based cyber security firm Group IB said hackers had exploited code developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) which was leaked and then used in the WannaCry ransomware attack that caused global disruption in May.

One of the victims of Tuesday's cyber attack, a Ukrainian media company, said its computers were blocked and it had received a demand for $300 worth of the Bitcoin crypto-currency to restore access to its files.

"If you see this text, then your files are no longer accessible, because they have been encrypted. Perhaps you are busy looking for a way to recover your files, but don't waste your time. Nobody can recover your files without our decryption service," the message said, according to a screenshot posted by Ukraine's Channel 24.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-attack-idUSKBN19I1TD

[shraby]

1. If they catch the perps, they should all be incarcerated for the rest of their lives. Each and every

one of them.
All mal-ware writers should get the same treatment as they are caught. Then they can no longer damage other peoples computers.

If every one caught gets life in prison, that should thin the herd of mal-ware writers.