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https://www.axios.com/massive-cyberattack-cripples-europe-2449130933.html
A massive cyberattack appears to have hit Europe, touching a number of countries, companies and public domains.
A massive cyberattack appears to have hit Europe, touching a number of countries, companies and public domains.
- WPP, one of the world's largest advertising agencies confirmed on Twitter that its IT system has been affected from a possible cyberattack. WPP's website was down as of 10:30 a.m. ET.
- AP reports that Ukraine's prime minister Volodymyr Groysman said the cyberattack is 'unprecedented' but that 'vital systems' haven't been affected, but Ukrainian banks and an electricity firm have been attacked. A Ukrainian official wrote on his official Facebook page that a Ukrainan airport's IT systems had also been compromised.
- Russia's state-controlled oil company (and the world's largest publicly listed oil company by production), PAO Rosneft, said it was under a "massive hacker attack" but said its oil production hadn't been affected, per WSJ,
- The WSJ also reports that an attack brought down computer systems across Denmark's shipping giant Maersk, which runs the world's largest container operator.
- A large percentage of infected machines appear to be Windows 7 and 10 with a majority running 64-bit OS.
