Computer networks across the globe again fell victim to a strain of ransomware on June 27, taking numerous organizations and infrastructure offline, with Ukrainian government agencies and private firms especially hard hit.
Much as the WannaCry ransomware briefly paralyzed businesses in May, this next wave of attacks locked up computers at Merck Pharmaceuticals; Maersk, a Danish shipping firm; DLA Piper, a global law firm; Rosneft, a Russian energy company; Kiev’s airport, numerous Russian and Ukrainian banks, and even the radiation monitoring systems at Chernobyl. The nuclear plant announced in a statement that monitoring systems are temporarily being run manually. The attack hit computers in Russia, Europe, the UK, and the US, and continues to unfold.
Erin Ayers, Ransomware attack affects computers worldwide (June 28, 2017), available with subscription at Advisen Cyber Front Page News.
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