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Russian Railways spoke about a “virus attack”
The state company Russian Railways has reported a “virus attack” on its IT infrastructure. “The virus is currently localized, technical work is underway to destroy it and update anti-virus protection,” the company said.
Russian Railways did not say what kind of virus they are talking about. Probably about the ransomware virus that spread around the world on May 12th.
“Transportation of passengers and cargo is carried out in working mode,” the company noted.
- On May 12, tens of thousands of computers were infected around the world. The virus blocked the computer and demanded $300 to unlock it. In Russia, Megafon, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the UK were infected. In other countries, telecommunications companies, consulting firms, hospitals have suffered.