A massive cyber attack

A massive cyber attack is hitting organizations around the world

A massive cyber attack: Victims in Ukraine, Russia, Denmark, the UK and the United States have all reported being hit by a cyber attack: authorities are investigating “global ransomware incident”.

A number of firms around the world are reporting that they have been impacted by a major cyber attack which the UK’s cyber security agency is describing as a “global ransomware incident.”

Many of the initial reports of organizations affected came from Ukraine, including banks, energy companies, and even Kiev’s main airport. But since then more incidents have been reported across Europe, indicating the incident is affecting more organizations more widely.

The National Bank of Ukraine said it has been hit by an “unknown virus” and is having difficulty providing customer services and banking operations as a result, while Kiev’s Boryspil International Airport is also understood to be suffering from some kind of cyber attack. Even the radiation monitoring facility at the Chernobyl nuclear power Continue reading →