Old Computer Virus Back in Action, Two Continents Attacked! - Technology #1
Last month hehoh a Windows computer virus named WannaCry. At least WannaCry has managed to infect about 230 thousand computers in just 24 hours.
WannaCry frenzy, can happen by exploiting the slit Windows named Eternal Blue. Seeing this potential bug, apparently an old virus took advantage of it. This old virus also managed to infect at least two continents.
Old Computer Virus Back in Action And Attack Two Continents.
Reported from The Week and Wired. The computer virus named Petya Ransomware, where the virus was first discovered in March 2016. Although the gap of Eternal Blue has been closed, somehow this virus re-use the gap.
Indeed, the impact is not as big as WannaCry spread in 150 countries, but pretty good because it has infected the continent of Europe and South Asia. For those of us who are in Indonesia can breathe a sigh of relief. Even so, stay alert and update antivirus yes.
Windows was set up for these things to happen. Stop buying Bills junk I did many years ago after being hacked. I learned.