wannacry

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Computers in the Thiruvananthapuram division of Southern Railways were hit by wannacry ransomware on Tuesday. Around eight computers the division office at Thycaud were affected in the cyber-attack.

The 'wannacry' ransomware attack that has created a panic in over 150 countries appears to have made landfall in Pune.

wannacry ransom hit Thiruvananthapuram division office of Southern Railway on Monday. A total of six computers of the clerical staff in accounts wing at the division office have been hit by the wannacry ransom attack.

Suspected wannacry virus allegedly attacked data system of Berhampur district headquarters hospital in Ganjam district on Tuesday, first of its kind reported so far in the state.

New Delhi, Jul 19 () Thirty-four incidents of wannacry and Petya ransomware were reported to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) from organisations and individuals in the country, Parliament was informed today.

With the wannacry ransomware attack targeting more than 150 countries worldwide, banks in the state were on high alert on Tuesday. More than 50% of about 3,200 ATMs in the city were shut down, as banks tried to upgrade their systems.

RBI has asked banks to follow the instructions of government organisation CERT-In to prevent the attack by ransomware, 'wannacry'. It also asked all banks to put in place a software update at ATMs to prevent their systems from a malware that has attacked payment systems across the world.

New Delhi, Jun 27 () Weeks after the wannacry ransomware affected systems in over 100 countries, another major cyber-attack is causing mass disruption across Europe, hitting Ukraine and Russia the hardest. However, there have been no reports of attacks in India till now.

After "wannacry", hackers have launched another major global attack with "Petya" ransomware, which is six times more powerful than its predecessor. On June 28, swindlers launched Petya attacks in Ukraine and other European countries.

Banks in Karnataka remained unaffected by the ransomware ‘wannacry’ as they strictly adhered to advisory issued by the Union ministry of electronics and information technology and installed latest patch of anti-virus into their computer systems.

New Delhi, Jun 18 () The corporate affairs ministry's key portal for making filings by companies -- MCA21 -- came under wannacry ransomware attack last month, affecting certain services.

State government as well as private entities dealing in commerce and other important services were on alert on Monday in order to prevent their computers from the global ransomware (wannacry) attack.

wannacry ransomware that is creating havoc the world over has hit the computers of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) too. On Wednesday the computers being used by the TTD staff fell prey to wannacry ransomware. TTD officials said that 30 systems, which were running on old version of operating system, were affected.

Telangana may have remained unscathed by the wannacry ransomware attack earlier this year, but not one to take any chances it is building stronger firewalls by setting up its own security operations center (SOC), a top government official said here on Monday . A SOC facility is one that has a dedicated team monitoring and analysing cyber security on a 247 basis.

A day after Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital’s online system suffered a wannacry ransomware attack, the crisis has been brought under control.

While the world reels under a global ransomware attack, the capital’s Sir Gangaram Hospital too had suffered a similar breach in March last year. Three of their systems were infected with a malware called Cryptowall that encrypted all data on them, and asked for two bitcoins (which was worth around $825 at the time) to decrypt it and unlock the systems.

The computers of the personnel department of Palakkad railway division were affected on Tuesday by the wannacry ransomware, which has crippled millions of computers around the world.