A ransomware attack hit computers across the world on Tuesday, taking out servers at Russia's biggest oil company, disrupting operations at Ukrainian banks, and shutting down computers at multinational shipping and advertising firms. "DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME"After the Wannacry attack, organisations around the globe were advised to beef up IT security. Experts said the latest ransomware attacks unfolding worldwide, dubbed GoldenEye, were a variant of an existing ransomware family called Petya. An advisor to Ukraine's interior minister said the virus got into computer systems via "phishing" emails written in Russian and Ukrainian designed to lure employees into opening them. The Russian central bank said there were isolated cases of lenders' IT systems being infected by the cyber attack.

Source: dna June 27, 2017 17:03 UTC