The Wall Street Journal | By: Robert McMillan – San Francisco | Jenny Gross & Denise Roland – London | Updated May 12, 2017 9:28 p.m. ET:
Experts say hackers targeted a software vulnerability that had allegedly been exploited earlier by the NSA.
A massive cyberattack scrambled computer systems in dozens of countries on Friday, in an assault computer-security experts said relied on a software vulnerability that the U.S. National Security Agency had allegedly exploited earlier.
A massive cyberattack swept the globe, freezing computer systems and causing major disruptions, computer-security experts said Friday. Among the victims: more than a dozen hospitals and health facilities in England, along with companies in Spain.
The malware believed to be behind the attacks encrypts data on infected computers and essentially holds it for ransom. Known as WannaCry or Wanna Decryptor, the program targets vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows systems.
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