{"id":26560,"date":"2017-05-15T17:06:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T11:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officechai.com\/?p=26560"},"modified":"2017-05-15T17:09:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T11:39:04","slug":"wannacry-impact-across-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officechai.com\/news\/wannacry-impact-across-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Incredible Impact Of The WannaCry Attack, In Eleven Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last few days, hundreds of thousands of computers across 150 countries in the world all began displaying the same error message – “Oops, your important files have been encrypted!”. It was the work of the WannaCry worm<\/a><\/span>, which had rapidly spread across the internet, exploiting a vulnerability in Windows XP. The malware locked down the files on users’ computers, and demanded that they pay a ransom to have their own files unlocked.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The attack initially seemed to target large institutions. On Friday,\u00a0UK’s National Health Service reported that several of its hospitals had been affected. A day later, French carmaker Renault announced that it was temporarily shutting down some of its factories because its computers were hit.\u00a0Russia\u2019s ministry of internal affairs, FedEx, German public transport system Deutsche Bahn, telecom majors Telef\u00f3nica &\u00a0Saudi Telecom, Nissan UK, and the\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology were also impacted. In India, the government said it was on “high alert”, and carried out a live webinar instructing users how to protect themselves from the worm.<\/span><\/p>\n

But when thousands of computers across the world are simultaneously affected with malware, the results can show in very visible ways. WannaCry’s\u00a0error message began popping up in some very unexpected places. In Thailand, an electronic billboard began displaying the message at a road crossing.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/gcluley\/status\/863880085300019202<\/p>\n

In Germany, the national train system was impacted, with displays showing the same error message.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Just got to Frankfurt and took a picture of this… #Sbahn<\/a>, you got a #Ransomware<\/a>! pic.twitter.com\/w0DODySL0p<\/a><\/p>\n

— Marco (@AvasMarco) May 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n