The Russian oil giant Rosneft and a subsidiary, Bashneft, were also hit, as was the British advertising and marketing multinational WPP. The virus even hit systems monitoring radiation at the site of the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant, where computers running Windows were temporarily knocked offline. IF YOU ABORT THIS PROCESS, YOU COULD DESTROY ALL YOUR DATA!”[The next ransomware attack will be worse]“Ta-Dam!” he wrote. Photographs leaked to the Russian business daily Vedomosti showed that computers at the Rosneft-owned regional oil company Bashneft were compromised by malware similar to the programs holding computers hostage in Ukraine. Read more:Today’s coverage from Post correspondents around the worldLike Washington Post World on Facebook and stay updated on foreign news

Source: Washington Post June 27, 2017 14:19 UTC