As terrifying as the unprecedented global ransomware attack was, cybersecurity experts say it's nothing compared to what might be coming - especially if companies, organisations and governments don't make major fixes. Security experts say this attack should wake up every corporate board room and legislative chamber around the globe. Security experts tempered the alarm bells by saying that widespread attacks are tough to pull off. What's worse, those responsible were able to borrow a weaponised "exploit," apparently created by the US National Security Agency, to launch the attack in the first place. The Windows vulnerability in question was purportedly identified by the NSA for its own intelligence-gathering purposes.

Source: India Today May 15, 2017 10:30 UTC