Klimenko: hacking virus WannaCry will not bring much loss to the economy MOSCOW, may 12. /TASS/. A computer virus that infected the servers of medical institutions in the UK and also other countries and companies, including the Russian company “Megaphone”, will not bring large economic losses. This opinion was expressed on air of the TV channel RBC Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation on the Internet Herman Klimenko. Earlier, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported that the cyber attack that occurred in Spain, spread to the international level and affected many States. According to her, the number of facilities of the National health system (NHS) of great Britain was under attack, which is also on different levels affecting Russia, USA, Canada, China, and Italy. “Somebody’s gonna get hurt, but I’m not sure, in monetary terms, some will be disasters. Maybe there is a leak some data, but to
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MIA managed to avoid leakage of information during a hacking attack
MIA managed to avoid leakage of information during a hacking attack Moscow. May 12. INTERFAX.RU — Hacker attack, carried out Friday against the servers of the Ministry of internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, did not lead to leaks, reported “Interfax” informed source. “As a result of virus attack information leakage to the external environment did not happen,” — said the Agency interlocutor. The attack on the servers of the Ministry of internal Affairs reported to “Interfax” the official representative of the Ministry Irina Wolf. According to her, thanks to the timely actions had been blocked by the order of thousands of infected computers, accounting for less than 1%.
The interior Ministry announced on the localization of cyber attacks on their servers
The interior Ministry announced on the localization of cyber attacks on their servers Moscow. May 12. INTERFAX.RU Servers of the Ministry of internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on Friday has undergone to hacker attack, at the moment, the virus is localized, have informed “Interfax” the official representative of the Ministry Irina Wolf. “12 may, the Department of information technology, communications and protection of information (GetSize) of the MIA of Russia were recorded by a viral attack on the personal computers of the office under Windows operating system”, — said the Wolf. According to her, thanks to the timely actions had been blocked by the order of thousands of infected computers, accounting for less than 1%. “At the moment, the virus is localized. Maintenance work for its destruction and updating of virus protection”, — said the representative of the Ministry of interior. Earlier in mass media appeared information about the
“MegaFon” has restored the services to the customer support after attacks
“MegaFon” has restored the services to the customer support after attacks MOSCOW, may 12 — RIA Novosti. “MegaFon” has restored the services to the customer support after hacker attacks and working to restore the remaining services, reported RIA Novosti Director of public relations of the company Peter Lidov. “We have, like around the world, today, in the office in Moscow, we discovered that many computers almost simultaneously, there was a warning that “pay $ 300, or we’ll wipe”. It’s all pretty spread rapidly, and quickly had to take significant measures,” he said. “For some time blocked the work of call-center operators, they couldn’t turn their computers in retail outlets had problems. So we were forced inside our network partially disable the entire network to ensure that the virus does not spread,” added Lead. Currently, according to him, the operator has fully restored the service to the customer support and was
Politico: organized cyber attacks worldwide hackers use NSA
Politico: organized cyber attacks worldwide hackers use NSA WASHINGTON, may 12. /Offset. TASS Anton Cranks/. Organized cyber attacks around the world the hackers used spyware software, which is alleged to have used national security Agency USA (NSA). This was reported by us newspaper Politico. According to her, the attackers demand a ransom for restoring computer networks, used spyware which was distributed earlier by a group of hackers, acting under the pseudonym Shadow Brokers. They claimed to have gained access to the allegedly developed by the NSA programs. FOR, according to the assurances of the Shadow Brokers aimed at hacking into computers, running the operating system (OS) Windows Microsoft. With them any user with sufficient technical knowledge could harm millions of users of this OS, say the hackers. The programs also allow you to crack firewalls and steal electronic data. These remedies are used for attacks against large companies or government
“Kaspersky lab” detected 45 thousand attempts of cyber attacks companies
“Kaspersky lab” detected 45 thousand attempts of cyber attacks companies MOSCOW, may 12 — RIA Novosti. “Kaspersky lab” on Friday has registered over 45 thousand attempts to infect cryptography program in 74 countries worldwide, with the greatest number of attempts of infiltrations is observed in Russia, told RIA Novosti in the company. Experts antivirus company has analyzed the information on infections cryptography program, called “WannaCry”, which 12 may have faced companies around the world. The analysis revealed that the attack occurred through well-known network vulnerability Microsoft Security Bulletin MS17−010, said, “Kaspersky Lab”. “For decryption the criminals demand a ransom to be paid in the amount of $ 600 in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. At the moment, “Kaspersky Lab” recorded around 45 000 attempts of attacks in 74 countries around the world. The greatest number of attempts of infiltrations is observed in Russia”, — said the representative of the company. To reduce
SK and the interior Ministry denied the information about hacking attacks on their servers
SK and the interior Ministry denied the information about hacking attacks on their servers Servers agencies are working in normal mode. MOSCOW, may 12. /TASS/. The representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Svetlana Petrenko has denied the information about the hacker attacks on the internal network of the RF IC. “Any hacker attacks on the resources of the Investigative Committee was not. Everything works in a regular mode”, — said Petrenko. Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia also has not documented evidence of hacker attacks on computer systems in the Agency, she works in a regular mode, reported TASS a source in the police. “Any hacker attacks is not fixed. As of 20:00 MSK unified system of information-analytical maintenance of activity of the Agency has not been compromised,” said the source. At the same time on the website of GU MVD in Moscow there is a warning
Russia and Europe have undergone large-scale cyber attack
Russia and Europe have undergone large-scale cyber attack Many organizations throughout Europe and Asia suffered a large-scale cyber attack using a previously unknown malware. According to experts, more all the attack of the virus affected servers in Russia and Taiwan. According to the influential groups of experts on cyber security MalwareHunterTeam, most of all in the attack of the virus affected servers in Russia and Taiwan. Under the strong blow was a computer system in the UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Turkey, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan and the Philippines. “The new virus is spreading with hellish speed,” the researchers report MalwareHunterTeam. The program locks computers and demands for unlocking payment in bitcoins. Earlier, the national health service of Britain has reported that computer systems of hospitals across the country failed in the attack “ransomware”. According to experts MalwareHunterTeam, computers attacked by malware WanaCrypt0r 2.0, which is a modification of
In Birmingham stole a prequel to the “Harry Potter”
In Birmingham stole a prequel to the “Harry Potter” As the result of a burglary in Birmingham have gone the prequel to the Saga of Harry Potter, which Rowling wrote on a postcard. The text was written in pencil on both sides of the postcards in A5 format nine years ago and sold at auction for 25 thousand pounds. .@jk_rowling The story, penned personally by @jk_rowling over 2 sides of an A5 postcard is extremely valuable & stolen during a burglary in #KingsHeath pic.twitter.com/Aio04lVjFt — West Midlands Police (@WMPolice) 12 may 2017 This prequel has no name. The text describes the father of Harry James Potter and his godfather Sirius black, the action takes place three years before the birth of Harry Potter. Text and jewelry were stolen in the period from 13 to 24 April, said the police of the West Midlands. Police issued a special statement asking for
A bomb in Rome had a timer, police said
A bomb in Rome had a timer, police said ROME, may 12 — RIA Novosti, Alexander Logunov. An explosive device triggered on Friday morning one of the post offices in Rome, was equipped with a timer and was made not by an Amateur, said a police spokesman at the scene. The explosion occurred on Friday morning on the streets of the Aventino, in the centre of the Italian capital. Exploded a crude device that was placed between two cars parked in the Parking lot at the post office. Victims and wounded there. The Rome Prosecutor’s office opened an investigation into the explosion. As one of the pre-release is considered a protest rally of the local anarchists. “The Assembly of parts was not exactly arbitrary. The device was made by one or more people who know about this”, — said the representative of the state police. According to him, the incident