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More computers in WBSEDCL offices attacked by ‘WannaCry’

By Prempal Singh 0 Comment May 23, 2017

Since more computers in the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company’s offices in the districts fell sufferer to ‘WannaCry’ virus strike, the West Bengal authorities today issued a set in place of guidelines to stay in front of the worldwide cyber strike.

Guidelines to constantly update the operating systems, as well as the required software, is to safeguard the computer systems from such attacks were taken at a high-quality meeting at the State secretariat today.

Chief Admin Basudeb Banerjee, Home Admin Malay Dey, state DG Surajit Kar Purkayastha, ADG Law and Order Anuj Sharma, ADG CID Rajesh Kumar and other elderly officials of the Cyber Crime and IT experts participated in the conference.

More computers in the WBSEDCL offices in Suri, Nalhati in Birbhum region and Darjeeling were today infected by the malware, a government spokesman said.

State power minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, however, declared that away of 504 customer organization of the WBSEDC, a few computers in {35|40|31} centers were attacked by the virus.

Nevertheless, it has failed to influence the regular business there, he said.

“We have shut down those computer systems. Our functions have run smooth and we have faced no problem as the virus could not affect the central server, ” Chattopadhyay said.

Ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to block usage of a computer system until an amount of money is paid.

Explaining the character of the ‘WannaCry’ virus, Main Secretary, IT and electronics Department & OSD Doctor Krishna Gupta said that the departments have been asked to apply patches to Windows systems as described in Microsoft Security Bulletins.

“The ransomware enters a system through the emails…

It’s only a trap. This encrypts the files and asks for money to decrypt. This is simple. What we have asked the departments is to apply patches to the Windows systems to protect itself, ” Gupta advised.

Source: www.dnaindia.com

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