<div dir="ltr">Thanks for being proactive National KE-CIRT/CC<div><br></div><div>The Ransomware has caused major distractions around the world, the most notable being [1]</div><div>1. Hospitals in UK where their data has been encrypted, and rendered unusable, to the point patients are being transferred to other hospitals, and reverting to manual filing</div><div>2. FedEx: The company said it was "experiencing interference with some of our Windows-based systems caused by malware" and was trying to fix the problems as quickly as possible.</div><div>3. Deutsche Bahn: The German railway company told CNNMoney that due to the attack "passenger information displays in some stations were inoperative" as were "some ticket machines."</div><div>4. Russian Central Bank: State media agency Tass reported the bank discovered malware bulk emails to banks</div><div>5. Telefónica: Spanish authorities confirmed the Spanish telecom company Telefónica (TEF) was one of the targets, though the attack affected only some computers</div><div><br></div><div>I'm afraid if this monster hits home, the devastation will be major. And who will bear the cost? The end users. Time to consider the strategy on Organisational level Operating System. </div><div><br></div><div>My advice is, if you have important data locked up, and you don't have backup, and you are ready to loose $300 to recover your data, paying the ransom may be your best bet (no surety you will get your data). That will be a lesson to backup, backup, backup. Also, stop using junk operating systems. </div><div><br></div><div>Of course there is the long debate on the cost of state sponsored cyber espionage: This ransomware is a grandchild of US's NSA cyber warfare tools (codenamed Eternalblue[2], and Doublepulsar[3]), which become public some months ago, and in the wrong hands, has led to "one of the largest weapon of mass destruction cyber attack ever carried out"</div><div><br></div><div>1. <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/13/technology/ransomware-attack-who-got-hurt/">http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/13/technology/ransomware-attack-who-got-hurt/</a></div><div>2. <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wana-decrypt0r-ransomware-using-nsa-exploit-leaked-by-shadow-brokers-is-on-a-rampage/">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wana-decrypt0r-ransomware-using-nsa-exploit-leaked-by-shadow-brokers-is-on-a-rampage/</a></div><div>3. <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/05/12/nsa-exploit-used-by-wannacry-ransomware-in-global-explosion/#472b67ace599">https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/05/12/nsa-exploit-used-by-wannacry-ransomware-in-global-explosion/#472b67ace599</a></div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh" target="_blank">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><br><br><br></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 May 2017 at 18:14, Gimode, Chiimbiru via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><span style="font-size:13px"><font face="Candara">Kindly see the attached Press Statement released this afternoon by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) on the emergence of an encryption based cyber attack
<i>WannaCrypt0r Ransomware Virus</i> that is targeting computers running on Windows Operating System and is rapidly spreading worldwide.</font></span></div>
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