In the wake of a worldwide cyber attack using ransomware that encrypts Windows systems, cyber security experts say India might see a larger impact on safety and more computers infected when offices open on Monday morning after the weekend break.
This ransomware, known as WannaCry, spreads by using a vulnerability in implementations of Server Message Block (SMB) in Windows operating software such as XP, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2003.
“Because it happened on a Friday afternoon (UK time), by the time it spread in India, most Indian companies were closed for the weekend...Monday morning is a story to be watched and we expect more systems would have been infected,” said Burgess Cooper, the partner at consultancy Ernst & Young, India. It would be “difficult to quantify losses in financial terms”.
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