日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / Europe

UK blogger hailed as 'accidental hero' after foiling global internet virus attack

By Chris Peterson in London | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-05-14 06:01

An anonymous internet blogger, who asked to be known only by his online alias Malware Tech, stumbled on the "off switch" that halted an attack by a ransomware virus that affected computer systems in over 100 countries, the BBC reported, citing an interview with the man.

His discovery halted the virus, which freezes computer systems and access to files unless a cash ransom is paid, but will not repair any damage already done, he said.

The blogger, who works for a UK Internet security company, was on a week's holiday when he heard about the virus and decided to check it out.

He told the BBC he saw that each time the virus entered a new computer system, it would try and contact a specific web address, which he discovered was unregistered. He immediately acquired it for eight pounds.

His ownership of the site meant his investigations accidentally  triggered the "off switch" and halted the further spread of the virus, which hit Britain's National Health Service, Nissan's car plant in northern England, Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, Spanish energy company Iberdrola and Russian government ministries,? the BBC reported.

MalwareTech now thinks the code was originally designed to thwart researchers trying to investigate the ransomware, but it backfired by letting them remotely disable it.

"It was actually partly accidental," he told the BBC, after spending the night investigating. "I have not slept a wink."

He added that his boss had given him an extra week off to recover from what he called "a train wreck of a holiday."

Security experts said that new variants of the malware that ignore the "kill switch" will appear.

"This variant shouldn't be spreading any further, however there'll almost certainly be copycats,"?said security researcher Troy Hunt, according to the BBC.

MalwareTech warned: "We have stopped this one, but there will be another one coming and it will not be stoppable by us.

"There's a lot of money in this, there is no reason for them to stop. It's not much effort for them to change the code and start over."

To contact the reporter: chris@mail.chinadailyuk.com 

 

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 成人国产a | 国产成人精品一区二区三区四区 | 什么网站可以看毛片 | 精品国产一区在线观看 | 污污网站入口 | 久久久久久九九九九 | 欧美精品一级片 | a级网站在线观看 | 欧美日韩高清在线 | 免费无遮挡在线观看视频网站 | 亚洲免费影院 | 婷婷丁香在线 | 人人澡人人澡人人澡 | 日一区二区| 亚洲精品久久久久久久久久久久久 | 在线观看精品国产 | 久久精品视频在线观看 | 欧美亚洲在线视频 | 亚欧毛片 | 一区二区视频在线 | 爱爱久久 | 中文在线a√在线8 | 国产性生活片 | 午夜国产小视频 | 亚洲男人网站 | 黄色成年人视频 | 99综合 | 成人午夜免费福利视频 | 操亚洲女人 | 午夜激情在线播放 | 韩国成人在线视频 | 欧美二区在线观看 | 中文字幕免费 | 亚州综合视频 | 97精品国产97久久久久久粉红 | 久久国内精品 | 国产成人自拍在线 | 99这里都是精品 | 青青免费在线视频 | 亚洲福利影院 | 小蝌蚪污视频 |