Paris/Capenhagen: The cyberattack that has locked up computers around the world while demanding a ransom may not be an extortion attempt after all, but something more sinister: an effort to create havoc in Ukraine, security experts say. “There may be a more nefarious motive behind the attack,” Gavin O’Gorman, an investigator with US antivirus firm Symantec, said in a blog post . Ransomware or not, computer specialists worldwide were still wrestling with its consequences, with varying degrees of success. Even small businesses otherwise unaffected by the malware are beginning to feel the pain. Darren Hobbs, a sales adviser at the UK-based Tile Fix Direct, also said his customers had been alerted.

Source: Mint June 30, 2017 04:52 UTC