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A ransomware attack hit computers across the world on Tuesday. Within hours, the attack had gone global. "It's like WannaCry all over again," said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer with Helsinki-based cyber security firm F-Secure.
A ransomware attack hit Tuesday of computers around the world, removing servers at Russia's largest oil company, disrupting operations in Ukrainian banks and shutting down computers in multinational transport and advertising companies. The cyber security experts said those behind the attack appeared to have exploited the same type of hacking tool used in the Wanschry Ransomware attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers in May before a researcher Does not create a switch.
He said he expected the epidemic to spread in the Americas as workers used vulnerable machines, allowing the virus to attack. "This could hit the US pretty bad," he said. The US Department of Homeland Security said it monitors reports of cyber attacks around the world and coordinates with other countries.
Danish expedition giant AP Moller-Maersk, which manages one of the seven containers shipped globally, said the attack had caused failures in its computer systems around the world on Tuesday, including its Terminal of Los Angeles. The pharmaceutical company Merck & Co said its computer network had been affected by global piracy. A Swiss government agency also reported that IT systems have been deployed in India, although the country's computer security agency has said it has not yet received information about the attacks.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko said the government's computer network had declined and the central bank said a deal in several banks and businesses, including the state's electricity Disrupted by the attack. As a result of these cyber-attacks, these banks have difficulties with customer services and banking," the central bank said in a statement.
Russia's Rosneft, one of the world's largest oil producers by volume, said its systems had suffered "serious consequences" from the attack. He said he avoided any impact on oil production by switching to backup systems.Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko said the government's computer network had declined and the central bank said a deal in several banks and businesses, including the state's electricity Disrupted by the attack.
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