Telefonica victim in this mass ransomware hack!

gindygoo · ‎12-05-2017

Any details on what's affected with this? I've just read on sky news that Telefonica were a victim along with the NHS 😟

Worrying thought!

MI5 · ‎12-05-2017

According to the panic email that our IT dept has just sent to everyone in our company, it is being spread (quite rapidly) by an email attachment or via a link to a phising site.
I assume the attack on Telefonica was due to an employee opening an attachment which then can apparently infect every computer on the same network. I don't think this will affect and customer accounts directly although it's possible the scammers may have access to account details.
I would hope that a company such as Tef will have backed up everything on a regular basis so fixing the problem will be as simple as reinstalling the last backup.

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Cleoriff · ‎12-05-2017

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39899646

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gindygoo · ‎12-05-2017

@MI5 I'd hope so too, but.... 😳🤔

Beenherebefore · ‎12-05-2017

My laptop being used in Spain had been very sluggish earlier today.

I ran virus, malware and CryptoPrevent checks when I heard about this but all returned zero defects.

Win10 updated midday and since then my laptop has returned to normal performance.

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Beenherebefore · ‎13-05-2017

Not just Telefonica affected in Spain, the major energy supplier Iberdrola was also affected and some of the local health centres. Also Vodafone ES and Gas Natural took precautionary measures.
Reports here in Spain say the origin of the attack was China.

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adamtemp64 · ‎13-05-2017

Microsoft have released a patch for the out of date o/s affected if you are still runing old o/s head here https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2017/05/12/customer-guidance-for-wannacrypt-attacks/?utm_so...

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Cleoriff · ‎13-05-2017

This morning I had to make a unexpected trip to our local NHS Trust. All online systems were down. All I hope is those responsible for this cyber attack have relatives who are requiring treatment today!. Our hospital had no access to patient notes. Blood results. etc etc etc. All notes were written by hand and unless you were fully cognisant of your own illness and treatment you stood no chance. Sickening idiots I hope they rot .

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MI5 · ‎13-05-2017

Problem is made worse by the fact the NHS still use Windows XP.

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Cleoriff · ‎13-05-2017

The money the NHS have spent on their IT systems over the years beggars belief (All 5 years behind the times) However any death of those requiring urgent treatment today .....IS to do with little sh**s who thought it would be great fun to cripple the only system we have. Remember this also happened in Spain. I'm sure they don't use Windows XP

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