Honda shuts down factory after finding NSA-derived Wcry in its networks

Enlarge (credit: S-8500) The WCry ransomware worm has struck again, this time prompting Honda Company to halt production in one of its Japan-based factories after finding infections in a broad swath of its computer networks, according to media reports. The automaker shut down its Sayama plant northwest of Tokyo on Monday after finding that WCry […]

An NSA-derived ransomware worm is shutting down computers worldwide

Enlarge A highly virulent new strain of self-replicating ransomware shut down computers all over the world, in part by appropriating a National Security Agency exploit that was publicly released last month by the mysterious group calling itself Shadow Brokers. The malware, known as Wanna, Wannacry, or Wcry, has infected at least 75,000 computers, according to […]