Moscow/Kiev/Washington – A major global
cyber attack disrupted computers at Russia’s biggest oil
company, Ukrainian banks and multinational firms with a virus
similar to the ransomware that infected more than 300 000
computers last month .The rapidly spreading cyber extortion campaign, which began
on Tuesday, underscored growing concerns that businesses have
failed to secure their networks from increasingly aggressive
hackers, who have shown they are capable of shutting down
critical infrastructure and crippling corporate and government
networks.Businesses in the Asia-Pacific region reported some
disruptions on Wednesday with the operations of several European
companies hit, including India’s largest container port,
although the impact on companies and governments across the
wider region appeared to be …read more
Source: Independent Online
