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Re:Cyberattacks in 12 Nations Said to Use Leaked N.S.A. Hack... by Myrmornis on Friday May 12, 2017 @06:20PM (#14328381)
There's no evidence that this attack targeted the NHS or other health systems, right? Just spreading randomly by email, highest infection probabilities certain older Microsoft OSs?
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Re:Cyberattacks in 12 Nations Said to Use Leaked N.S.A. Hack... by billharrison on Friday May 12, 2017 @07:14PM (#14328661)
This definitely wasn't targeted. Check here - https://intel.malwaretech.com/botnet/wcrypt/?t=24h&bid=all
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Re:Cyberattacks in 12 Nations Said to Use Leaked N.S.A. Hack... by toyg on Friday May 12, 2017 @06:26PM (#14328429)
Yeah it looks like "large public institutions" were affected simply because that's where you'll find more unpatched (or unpatchable, in the case of XP) machines.
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