Photo: DPAA fast-moving wave of cyber attacks that swept the globe Friday targeted German rail operator Deutsche Bahn. Jakub Kroustek of the security firm Avast said in a blog post update around 2000 GMT, "We are now seeing more than 75,000 detections... in 99 countries." On Saturday, a cyber security researcher told AFP he had accidentally discovered a "kill switch" that can prevent the spread of the ransomware. However @MalwareTechBlog warned that the "crisis isn't over" as those behind it "can always change the code and try again." Microsoft released a patch to protect against vulnerability to the ransomware in March, but many systems may not have been updated.

Source: The Local May 13, 2017 14:15 UTC