45,000 cyber attacks carried out in 74 countries: Kaspersky Lab

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As the malware that affected the National Health Service (NHS) England hospitals continues to spread across various parts of the world, Kaspersky Lab, a cyber security company based in Moscow, has published a blog post in which it estimates that 45,000 attacks have been carried out in 74 countries, mostly in Russia. It added that the totals could be “much, much higher.”

“Currently, we have recorded more than 45,000 attacks of the WannaCry ransomware in 74 countries around the world, mostly in Russia. It’s important to note that our visibility may be limited and incomplete and the range of targets and victims is likely much, much higher,” the blog post says. “Our analysis indicates the attack, dubbed “WannaCry”, is initiated through an remote code execution in Microsoft Windows.