Banks and ATM operators said the patchwork for the software systems could mostly be done remotely without disrupting operations. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the agency coordinating efforts on cyber security issues, is circulating these Microsoft security patches in India. Lenders, however, are confident that their systems will be able to withstand this ransomware attack because many are run on private networks and don’t store data. The cyber attack, which has affected at least 200,000 computers in 150 countries, shut car factories, hospitals, shops and schools, but has been less severe than anticipated in Asia. Experts warned that consistently upgrading the software is the only solution against any possible cyber attack in the long term.

Source: Mint May 15, 2017 16:07 UTC