Ransomware Cyber Attacks

Hundreds of SpiceJet airlines passengers were stranded at various airports due to a ransomware attack that impacted the morning flight departures on Wednesday.

67% Indian organisations whose data was encrypted paid to get their data back

The recovery cost from the impact of a ransomware attack tripled in the last year in India -- up from $1.1 million (over Rs 8 crore) in 2020 to $3.38 million (more than Rs 24.5 crore) in 2021 to date

This was due to the sudden rush to provide remote access to employees by restructuring network and security systems during the lockdown, a report says

Global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Security identified three families as the most notorious -- Ryuk, Purga and Stop

WannaCry reportedly demanded that companies pay upwards of $300 in Bitcoin

The US government has blamed North Korea for the Sony hack

Delpy calls his free tool for decrypting infected computers without paying ransom 'wanakiwi'

Delpy calls his free tool for decrypting infected computers without paying ransom 'wanakiwi'

The top 5 cities impacted are Kolkata, followed by Delhi, Bhubaneshwar, Pune and Mumbai

In the past, North Korean hackers have used portions of the code used in Friday's cyber attack

We are not aware of payments that have led to any data recovery: White House

A cyber-attack, spread across the globe, disrupted operations at firms including Renault

Saying that decryption tools could come in time, CERT-In said that the infected data should be saved

Recovering files from ransomware is impossible without the attacker's approval

The virus exploits a flaw in a version of Microsoft Windows first identified by US intelligence

Enterprises in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai have been affected

Ransomware is the form of computer malware that has infected the NHS

In India, there have been reports of some systems of Andhra Pradesh Police being affected

The ransomware has hit as many as 200,000 victims in over 150 countries.