Was There a Major Worldwide Cyber Attack Today?

Under TRUMP the NSA/CIA are finally attacking foreign countries instead of U.S.


TRUMP

Apparently so. I got an email from my employer to the whole company this afternoon.

It was a ransomware attack with victims reported in 74 countries. Most of the attack seemed to be centered in the UK.

I heard the ransom message mentioned dossier and payback.

Ransomware attack across hospitals in the UK. Entire medical systems are shut down now and staff are using old fashioned pen and paper again.

I'm on an industry cyber alert notification system.

Nothing came through.

Yeah I had stuff in my feeds from NHS doctors and nurses, the NHS got hit hard. Some hospitals and trusts may have lost all their patient data. Huge deal.

ETA FYI the NHS is the third largest employer in the world. This is probably the biggest data security breach of all time.

Russia got hit pretty hard apparently.

Yes.
They infested unprotected servers around the world.

British hospital system is most famous victim. ER computers hit.

Turns out I was talking bollocks

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The National Health Service (NHS) in England is at the centre of a big political row about its reform. It's often said to be the third biggest employer in the world, after the Chinese army and Indian Railways. But is that really true?
It's an incredible claim, given how much smaller the UK is than China or India.
And indeed, it is not true.
Sizing up the world's biggest employers and compiling a list of the top 10, the NHS is revealed to be the fifth largest, with 1.7 million workers across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
McDonald's makes it into fourth position, with 1.9 million employees. However, 80% of the restaurants are franchises so, strictly speaking, 1.5 million of these people are employed by other companies, although they all wear the uniform.

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I thought zero day was the CIA version