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WannaCry ransomware attack

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This article documents an ongoing cyber attack. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses, and initial news reports may be unreliable. The last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (May 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

WannaCry, also known as WanaCrypt0r 2.0,^[1] is a ransomware software package. In May 2017, a large scale infection started affecting Telefónica and several other large companies in Spain, as well as parts of the British National Health Service. Many other countries were attacked by WanaCrypt0r 2.0.^[2][3][4] Other targets in at least 99 countries were also reported to have been attacked around the same time.^[5][6] WannaCry is believed to use the ETERNALBLUE exploit, which was developed by the National Security Agency, to attack computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems.^[1][7] ETERNALBLUE exploits vulnerability MS17-010 in Microsoft's SMB server protocol. A patch to remove that vulnerability had been issued on March 14th, yet not all users have updated their systems.^[8]

Reactions

• In the United Kingdom, some sites of the National Health System NHS had to turn away non-critical emergencies, and ambulances were sent to sites not affected by the ransomware attack.^[2]

References

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Fox-Brewster, Thomas. "An NSA Cyber Weapon Might Be Behind A Massive Global Ransomware Outbreak". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-05-12.

8. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/12/spain_ransomware_outbreak/

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Major incidents	Operation Aurora (2010) Australian cyberattacks (2010) Operation Payback (2010) HBGary Federal (2011) DigiNotar (2011) RSA SecurID compromise (2011) Operation Tunisia (2011) 2011 PlayStation Network outage (2011) Operation AntiSec (2011) Stratfor email leak (2012–13) LinkedIn hack (2012) South Korea cyberattack (2013) Snapchat hack (2013) Yahoo! data breaches (2013–16) Anthem medical data breach (2014–15) Operation Tovar (2014) iCloud leaks of celebrity photos (2014) Sony Pictures hack (2014) Russian hacker password theft (2014) Office of Personnel Management data breach (2015) Hacking Team (2015) Ashley Madison data breach (2015) VTech data breach (2015) SWIFT banking hack (2015–16) Bangladesh Bank heist (2016) Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center ransomware incident (2016) Commission on Elections data breach (2016) Democratic National Committee cyber attacks (2016) DCCC cyber attacks (2016) Dyn cyberattack (2016) Russian interference in U.S. election (2016)
Groups	Anonymous associated events Bureau 121 Cozy Bear CyberBerkut Derp Equation Group Fancy Bear GNAA Goatse Security Guccifer 2.0 Hacking Team Iranian Cyber Army Lizard Squad LulzRaft LulzSec New World Hackers NullCrew NSO Group PayPal 14 PLA Unit 61398 Pranknet RedHack Rocket Kitten The Shadow Brokers Syrian Electronic Army TeaMp0isoN Tailored Access Operations UGNazi Yemen Cyber Army
Individuals	George Hotz Guccifer Hector Monsegur Jeremy Hammond Junaid Hussain Kristoffer von Hassel Mustafa Al-Bassam MLT Ryan Ackroyd Topiary The Jester weev
Vulnerabilities discovered	Evercookie (2010) iSeeYou (2013) Heartbleed (2014) Shellshock (2014) POODLE (2014) Rootpipe (2014) JASBUG (2015) Stagefright (2015) DROWN (2016) Badlock (2016) Dirty COW (2016) Cloudbleed (2017) Silent Bob is Silent (2017)
Malware	Careto / The Mask CryptoLocker Dexter Duqu Duqu 2.0 FinFisher Flame Gameover ZeuS Mahdi Metulji botnet Mirai NSA ANT catalog Pegasus R2D2 Shamoon Stars virus Stuxnet Vault 7 WannaCry X-Agent

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"NHS cyber-attack: GPs and hospitals hit by ransomware". BBC News. 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2017-05-12.

Hern, Alex; Gibbs, Samuel (2017-05-12). "What is 'WanaCrypt0r 2.0' ransomware and why is it attacking the NHS?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-05-12.

"Statement on reported NHS cyber attack". digital.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-12.

Cox, Joseph (2017-05-12). "A Massive Ransomware 'Explosion' Is Hitting Targets All Over the World". Motherboard. Retrieved 2017-05-12.

Larson, Selena (2017-05-12). "Massive ransomware attack hits 99 countries". CNN. Retrieved 2017-05-12.

Larson, Selena (2017-05-12). "Massive ransomware attack hits 74 countries". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2017-05-12.