Mass Ransom Attack: The latest

Lost User

200,000 cyberattack victims in 150-plus states: Europol[^] This is not a Leslie. It's an update on the issue.

Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

Lost User

Much of the UK health service has already been shut down as a safety measure.

ledtech3

There are at least 2 different variants out there. 1 has a hard coded Url and has been "Sink holed". A system may still get infected but if it can find the url it will Exit the Infection process.

Daniel Pfeffer

Richard MacCutchan wrote:

the UK health service has already been shut down as a safety measure.

Considering the number of people they kill, I'm not surprised!

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill

Lost User

"As the WSJ confirms, the attacks could worsen on Monday morning because of how the virus works" With friends like the NSA we do not need enemies :)

Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

W Balboos GHB

Eddy Vluggen wrote:

With friends like the NSA we do not need enemies

Or the overly self-important jackasses that made the code public.

Ravings en masse^

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010