Global Cyber Attack Cripples British Hospitals

A massive cyberattack galloped across international borders on 12 May 2017, crippling such vital organizations as Telefonica (a telecom company in Spain), Britain’s network of hospitals run by the National Health Service (NHS), and the Russian Interior Ministry. … The attack utilized a type of malware called ransomware. … Damon McCoy, an assistant professor of computer science at New York University [Tandon School of Engineering], explained “ransomware”…