Tag: Ransomware attack
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Haryana company complaints of ransomware attack
Gurgaon Police on Friday registered an FIR against unknown person in connection with the hacking of a server of a private company here which has been asked for a 15 US bit-coins ransom, equivalent to Rs.25.6 lakh, by hackers. Mattoo Jay Kumar, general manager of Mohan Clothing Pvt Ltd, a garments' company located in Udyog …
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July 7, 2017 -
Microsoft’s free custom support could have stopped ‘WannaCrypt’
Blaming Microsoft for not providing free custom support to its customers who were using old Windows software that may have slowed down "WannaCrypt" attack, a media report has said the tech giant charged a fortune for the custom support for older versions, including Windows XP that was discontinued in 2014. According to a report in …
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May 18, 2017 -
‘SBI ATMs not affected by ransomware’
Amid reports of several ATMs remaining shut due to a possible virus attack by WannaCry ransomware, the largest public lender of the country State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday said that it has not been affected at all by the malware and all its ATMs were fully functional. "We have not been impacted at …
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May 17, 2017 -
Not just WannaCrypt, a cryptocurrency attack is generating digital cash fast
As the world gets together to contain "WannaCrypt" ransomeware attack that exploited a vulnerability in a Microsoft software, the same Windows vulnerability (MS17-010) has been exploited to spread another type of virus that is fast generating digital cash from machines it has infected. According to a report in The Registrar on Wednesday, tens of thousands …
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May 17, 2017