Wannacry ransomware attack: How India Inc survived cyber attacks in the past
Take a look at how India Inc has dealt with cyber attacks so far. While the full impact of the recent attack remains unclear, how India Inc has fared in similar situations in the past warrants a look.

- May 15, 2017,
- Updated May 16, 2017 10:22 AM IST
As computer systems around the world are bleeding from the onslaught of computer virus 'WannaCry ', authorities in India are still trying to assess the damage done by the ransomeware-worm. As IANS reported that police computers across 18 units in Chittoor, Krishna, Guntur, Visakhatpatnam and Srikakulam districts of Andhra Pradesh were infected, there is no definite word on the extent of this cyber attack in India yet.In four out of five cases, the perpetrator is an external entity. Only 17 per cent of the cyber attacks were carried out by employees of the comapnies affected.In case of internal jobs, almost every time men were found to be the culprits in India. 97 per cent of the cases of internal cyber attacks were carried out by men, 61 per cent of them involved employees aged between 31 and 40 years of age.
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As computer systems around the world are bleeding from the onslaught of computer virus 'WannaCry ', authorities in India are still trying to assess the damage done by the ransomeware-worm. As IANS reported that police computers across 18 units in Chittoor, Krishna, Guntur, Visakhatpatnam and Srikakulam districts of Andhra Pradesh were infected, there is no definite word on the extent of this cyber attack in India yet.In four out of five cases, the perpetrator is an external entity. Only 17 per cent of the cyber attacks were carried out by employees of the comapnies affected.In case of internal jobs, almost every time men were found to be the culprits in India. 97 per cent of the cases of internal cyber attacks were carried out by men, 61 per cent of them involved employees aged between 31 and 40 years of age.
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