The cyberattack affected WPP agencies which handle advertising campaigns, including one starring Keira Knightley for Chanel SCOPE FEATURESOn a Tuesday morning in June, staff in companies around the world owned by the British marketing giant WPP were hit with a message on their computer screens demanding $300. A red or white typeface in a black message box informed users that their data was no longer accessible. “Oops”, it read, “your important files are encrypted”, instructing the recipient to transfer the $300 ransom to an anonymous bitcoin account in exchange for a decryption key. WPP, which has offices in Kiev, was one of several large multinationals that found itself “collateral damage” during a targeted cyberoffensive on Ukraine’s banking systems and infrastructure. The Maersk shipping line was also badly hit Jerry Lampen/AFP/Getty ImagesSir Martin Sorrell, the chief executive of WPP, said: “It lasted intensely for about a week.

Source: The Times December 07, 2017 00:03 UTC