Ransomware attack spreads to orgs in Britain, US, and Europe, including ad firm WPP, Chernobyl power plant, shipping giant Maersk, US hospital, Merck, more
what's happening and how to protect yourself Zeljka Zorz / Help Net Security : NotPetya outbreak: What we know so far Nandini Yadav / bgr.in : Petya ransomware spreads globally; social media is gracefully dealing with the panic John Kennedy / Silicon Republic : GoldenEye: What we know so far about WannaCry's deadly sibling Selena Larson / CNNMoney : Why ransomware attacks keep happening Joseph Cox / Motherboard : Ransomware Outbreaks Bring In $10,000 for Hackers Jack Laidlaw / Hackaday : New Ransomware Crippling Chernobyl Sensors Rod Soto / JASK : Beyond WannaCry: The Next Evolution Bogdan Botezatu / Bitdefender Labs : Massive GoldenEye Ransomware Campaign Slams worldwide users ABC News : Companies weigh cyberattack cost, with Ukraine hit hard John Hayward / Breitbart : Ransomware Attack Hits Targets Around the Globe, Including Maersk, Rosneft, Ukraine Swati Khandelwal / The Hacker News : Petya Ransomware Spreading Rapidly Worldwide, Just Like WannaCry Dan MacGuill / Snopes.com : Major Cyberattack Hits Government and Industry Across Europe, United States Richard Chirgwin / The Register : Amadeus airline booking system TITSUP and it's not ransomware Thinking Tech : On the Heels of WannaCry, Petya: Same Windows Vulnerability April Glaser / Recode : U.S. hospitals have been hit by the global ransomware attack Sonam Sheth / Business Insider : ‘They sow chaos wherever they can’: A familiar actor may be behind the massive cyberattack that swept Europe Molly McKew / Washington Post : A killing in Kiev shows how the West continues to fail Ukraine Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair : A Massive New Cyberattack Is Spreading Across the World Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Petya Ransomware Outbreak Sweeps Europe The Guardian : Petya cyber-attack: Cadbury factory hit as ransomware spreads to Australian businesses Eric Geller / Politico : NSA-linked tools help power second global ransomware outbreak AJ Dellinger / International Business Times : What Is Petya? Ransomware Attack Hits Computer Systems Across The Globe SecurityWeek : Russian Oil Giant Rosneft Says Hit by ‘Powerful’ Cyberattack Eric David / SiliconANGLE : Another major ransomware attack is sweeping across Europe Peter O'Kelly / Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check : Ransomware Becomes Go-To Hack as Bitcoin Rallies, NSA Tools Leak - Bloomberg Alfred Ng / CNET : Petya ransomware slams Windows PCs shut in massive attack Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek : NotPetya Ransomware Outbreak Hits Organizations Globally Charlie May / Salon : Ransomware attack spreads across Europe, Russia and U.S. Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes : Is This Ukrainian Company The Source Of The ‘NotPetya’ Ransomware Explosion? Cal Jeffrey / TechSpot : ‘NotPetya’ ransomware spreads in Russia, Ukraine, parts of Europe Russell Brandom / The Verge : It's already too late for today's ransomware victims to pay up and save their computers Joe Uchill / The Hill : New ransomware outbreak reported all over world Virtual Mining Bitcoin News : Bitcoin Bull Novogratz Unfazed as Cyberattacks Resume Globally Tristan Greene / The Next Web : Cyberghost CEO: Assume everything online is public until further notice Aldrin Brown / Data Center Knowledge : Global Ransomware Attack Cripples Networks - Again Eric Brackett / Tech Times : A Major Ransomware Attack Has Crippled Businesses And Airlines Throughout Europe And The United States Mark Melin / ValueWalk : No US Targets Yet Reported Hit In Petya Cyber Attack Tweets: Nicole Perlroth / @nicoleperlroth : Time to wonder when the U.S. government is going to even acknowledge that its the NSA's hoarded exploits taking us down. Nicole Perlroth / @nicoleperlroth : This ransomware is Wannacry on crack, using Eternal Blue and can spread via PSEXEC, meaning MS-17 patched machines are also vulnerable. Dave Kennedy / @hackingdave : Petya using authentication re-use on systems -> that means more than just exploit being used for spreading. This will be bad for folks. @bitdefender : #Ransomware alert: Bitdefender has identified a massive ransomware campaign that is currently unfolding #worldwide. http://labs.bitdefender.com/ ...