Critical infrastructure agencies including banks, airports, telecom networks and stock markets have been asked to take precautions to shield themselves against the crippling global ransomware attack WannaCry. Additionally, a list of do's and don'ts have been shared with all vital installations and networks, including banks, stock markets, airports, defense, power and public utilities. The malware infected computers running on older versions of Microsoft operating systems like XP, locking access to files on the computer. The US-based software giant has also released updates for Windows XP, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2003. Experts fear the situation could further aggravate as a number of computers in India run on the older operating systems and have not been updated yet.

Source: India Today May 15, 2017 05:03 UTC