Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,209,532 members, 8,006,398 topics. Date: Tuesday, 19 November 2024 at 12:49 AM

Biggest Cyberattack The Earth Has Ever Seen. - Webmasters - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Science/Technology / Webmasters / Biggest Cyberattack The Earth Has Ever Seen. (719 Views)

A Huge Number Of Wordpress Accounts Focused In Major Cyberattack / Global Cyberattack: A Super-simple Explanation Of What's Going On / Nigerian Govt Issues Advisory On Massive Global Cyberattack (2) (3) (4)

(1) (Reply) (Go Down)

Biggest Cyberattack The Earth Has Ever Seen. by lamzybaby: 3:46pm On May 13, 2017
Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users’ files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies.

It was believed to the biggest attack of its kind ever recorded.

The malicious software behind the onslaught appeared to exploit a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that was supposedly identified by the National Security Agency for its own intelligence-gathering purposes and was later leaked to the internet.


Britain’s national health service fell victim, its hospitals forced to close wards and emergency rooms and turn away patients. Russia appeared to be the hardest hit, according to security experts, with the country’s Interior Ministry confirming it was struck.


Read more http://nigerianpilot.com/biggest-cyberattack-the-earth-has-ever-seen/
Re: Biggest Cyberattack The Earth Has Ever Seen. by AntiWailer: 3:51pm On May 13, 2017
The hackers are Russians
Re: Biggest Cyberattack The Earth Has Ever Seen. by millik(f): 4:02pm On May 13, 2017
AntiWailer:
The hackers are Russians
bro, say what you know
Russians are also victim
no trace of the hackers yet according to CNN.
Re: Biggest Cyberattack The Earth Has Ever Seen. by AntiWailer: 9:18pm On May 13, 2017
millik:


bro, say what you know

Russians are also victim

no trace of the hackers yet according to CNN.

Russia will always form victim

(1) (Reply)

How Do I Turn This Blog Around? Professional Help Needed Urgently Please. / We Offer The Cheapest Domain Names On The Internet. As Low As ₦375! / ..........

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 6
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.