Also Read: WannaCry ransomware cyber attack is a wake-up call for US Government, says MicrosoftOn Friday, the whole world was met with a cyber-attack like no other. Just like any other ransomware, WannaCry also holds your files for ransom and is spread through links or attachments in malicious messages known as phishing emails. The majority of organizations affected, on Friday and later, was in Europe, according to Symantec. India was said to be among the countries worst affected in the attack with data from anti-virus provider Kaspersky showing five per cent of all affected systems were in India. Researchers will often tell you there's no perfect solution to a ransomware attack because there isn't any.

Source: India Today May 15, 2017 08:37 UTC