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规范类型 | 评论 |
WannaCry Ransomware Attack: Dreams Should Not Come True | |
Cyber Statecraft Initiative | |
发表日期 | 2017-06-02 |
出版年 | 2017 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | On May 12, 2017, the world was shaken by a ransomware cyberattack called Wanna Crypt (also known as WannaCry) that spread like a network worm. The attack impacted over 45 National Health System (NHS) organizations across England and Scotland, forcing hospitals to cancel appointments and loose critical patient records, as well as the German S-Bahn. |
正文 | On May 12, 2017, the world was shaken by a ransomware cyberattack called Wanna Crypt (also known as WannaCry) that spread like a network worm. The attack impacted over 45 National Health System (NHS) organizations across England and Scotland, forcing hospitals to cancel appointments and loose critical patient records, as well as the German S-Bahn. The impacts did not stop there. In less than ten days, WannaCry affected approximately 200,000 systems in 150 countries, swiftly becoming one of the most impactful malware outbreaks in recent history, and dominating the news cycle for the next several days. Ransomware is commonly spread through various infection vectors, including browser exploit kits, drive-by downloads, malicious email attachments, default passwords, and known network vulnerabilities . It locks the data and a ransom is to be paid in bitcoins in order to get the key to unlock files. While the world was unprepared for WannaCry, an attack like this had been long-time coming. Three weeks before the ransomware infected hundreds of thousands of computers around the world, the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, together with the Atlantic Council, had formulated solutions in policy recommendations for a cyberattack scenario almost exactly like that of WannaCry. The recommendations resulted from the Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge at the Maison De La Paix in Geneva, a student competition in which participant teams were judged on their policy responses to a proposed scenario featuring massive ransomware cyberattacks on numerous public infrastructure facilities, including hospitals and metro lines. Team STUXNET of the Geneva School of Diplomacy, the winners of the competition, put forward the following recommendations:
WannaCry was not the first of its kind, and it is certainly not the last. The predictive quality of this year’s Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge in Geneva demonstrates the importance of these cyber safety exercises in anticipating and responding to cyber catastrophes. Learn more about the Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge here. |
主题 | Cybersecurity ; Security & Defense |
URL | https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/commentary/event-recap/wannacry-ransomware-attack-dreams-should-not-come-true-2/ |
来源智库 | Atlantic Council (United States) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/347153 |
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