WorthyNewsBot Posted May 15, 2017 Group: Bots Followers: 3 Topic Count: 39,879 Topics Per Day: 6.46 Content Count: 44,330 Content Per Day: 7.18 Reputation: 986 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted May 15, 2017 (Worthy News) - The unprecedented global ransomware cyberattack has hit more than 200,000 victims in more than 150 countries, Europol executive director Rob Wainwright said Sunday. The head of the pan-European Union policing agency said that few had given in to the demands for payment to unblock files so far, but warned that the situation was escalating. Wainwright said he was worried that the ransomware attack might spread further once people return to work on Monday and log on to their computers. Wainwright said the attack was indiscriminate, fast-spreading and unique because the ransomware was being used in combination with a worm — meaning that the infection of one computer could automatically spread it through an entire network. [ Source ] View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTC Posted May 15, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 18 Topic Count: 200 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2,795 Content Per Day: 0.65 Reputation: 1,502 Days Won: 1 Joined: 06/25/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/26/1952 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Could this be causing our PC's to slow up and lag? That's been happening to me since I turned my PC on this morning. I ran my anti virus programs last night when I heard of this and my PC is supposedly clean. Anyone else experiencing any issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Gator Posted May 15, 2017 Group: Royal Member * Followers: 8 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 10,596 Content Per Day: 3.69 Reputation: 2,743 Days Won: 25 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted May 15, 2017 1 hour ago, JTC said: Could this be causing our PC's to slow up and lag? That's been happening to me since I turned my PC on this morning. I ran my anti virus programs last night when I heard of this and my PC is supposedly clean. Anyone else experiencing any issues? I could see it being a problem if you were on line, but it should not slow your computer down otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted May 15, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 598 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,148 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,863 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Online Share Posted May 15, 2017 4 hours ago, JTC said: Could this be causing our PC's to slow up and lag? That's been happening to me since I turned my PC on this morning. I ran my anti virus programs last night when I heard of this and my PC is supposedly clean. Anyone else experiencing any issues? Mine slowed down for a while, but turned out to be somethings updating in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted May 15, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.80 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted May 15, 2017 I have always thought that a cyber attack would be one of the worse terror attacks. Everything shuts down. We rely so much on technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavedOnebyGrace Posted May 15, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 4,058 Content Per Day: 14.81 Reputation: 5,191 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/30/2023 Status: Offline Share Posted May 15, 2017 Russian blames the US for cyber attack. It appears to me Putin's got a point. Source: Day of Chaos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted May 15, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.80 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted May 15, 2017 1 hour ago, Saved.One.by.Grace said: Russian blames the US for cyber attack. It appears to me Putin's got a point. Source: Day of Chaos That is an interesting conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted May 15, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.23 Reputation: 9,762 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted May 15, 2017 Why would the US hold the worlds technology hostage? When 1 Bitcoin equals somewhere between $1700.00 and $1750.00 US Dollars, depending on the bitcoin transaction, and thousands of computers in the US are infected, that would be like cutting off the hand that feeds you. According to the article, they are asking $300 in BitCoin, which would equal more than $500,000 for each infected computer. It is obvious to me that the same black web is doing a little hostage taking itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted May 15, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.80 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted May 15, 2017 5 minutes ago, OneLight said: Why would the US hold the worlds technology hostage? When 1 Bitcoin equals somewhere between $1700.00 and $1750.00 US Dollars, depending on the bitcoin transaction, and thousands of computers in the US are infected, that would be like cutting off the hand that feeds you. According to the article, they are asking $300 in BitCoin, which would equal more than $500,000 for each infected computer. It is obvious to me that the same black web is doing a little hostage taking itself. That is what I was thinking OneLight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted May 15, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 598 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,148 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,863 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Online Share Posted May 15, 2017 there is a group in North Korea that has the skills to do this. but it is likely that the us may have created the software to do it...... but it's also likely that the Russians hacked and gave the software to wilileaks LoL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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