Various sources reported a widespread hacking attack that occurred today on the international scale. It is reported that the malware ransomware called WannaCrypt, WanaCrypt0r or WCry, disrupted the work of computers in British hospitals, the Spanish operator Telefonica, Investigative Committee, interior Ministry, security service and MegaFon, and others.
According to the report of Avast, the malware has affected more than 57 of thousands of computers around the world. While most affected Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan. Extortionist locks the infected PC and demands a ransom of $300 in bitcoins.
Note that the representatives of the Investigative Committee and the interior Ministry denied the information about the attack on the internal network, but on the website of the Ministry of internal Affairs the message “Dear visitors, we apologize for the inconvenience when working with the website, technical work is underway”. Director of public relations of the company stressed that the incident did not affect the relationship and subscribers as the virus attacked only computers of the company. The operator has reported on the restoration work of the call center.