LONDON/MADRID: A global cyberattack leveraging hacking tools widely believed by researchers to have been developed by the U.S. National Security Agency hit international shipper FedEx, disrupted Britain’s health system and infected computers in nearly 100 countries on Friday.
Russian cyber security software maker Kaspersky Lab said its researchers had observed more than 45,000 attacks in 74 countries as of early Friday. Later in the day, security software maker Avast put the tally at 57,000 infections in 99 countries. Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan were the top targets, Avast said.
British hospitals and clinics were forced to turn away patients because their computers were …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today
