India’s CERT-In issues critical alert over 'WannaCry' ransomware
May 15, 2017 10:15 ISTThe country’s cyber security agency has alerted Internet users against damaging activities of a strong and globally active ransomware virus Wannacry.
The country’s cyber security agency has alerted Internet users against damaging activities of a strong and globally active ransomware virus Wannacry.
Another major cyber-attack is imminent after Friday's global hit that infected more than 125,000 computer systems and could come on Monday.
Director General of Police N Sambasiva Rao said that some standalone computers were affected and they were logged off as a precautionary measure.
The experts believe that the massive cyber attack, which hit India and nearly hundred other countries, was carried out with the help of "cyber weapons" stolen from the US' National Security Agency (NSA).
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