How WannaCry caused global panic but failed to turn much of a profit

Research Output

The WannaCry cyber-attack led to panic across the globe, showing just how important it is for organisations to have secure operating systems. This was not even the most sophisticated malware around. Numerous networks could easily cope with it and it largely hit legacy operating systems such as Windows XP.

Type:

Newspaper Article
Date:

18 May 2017
Publication Status:

Published
Library of Congress:

QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Dewey Decimal Classification:

005.8 Data security
Funders:

Edinburgh Napier Funded

http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/output/849879 <p>Buchanan, B. (2017). How WannaCry caused global panic but failed to turn much of a profit. https://theconversation.com/how-wannacry-caused-global-panic-but-failed-to-turn-much-of-a-profit-77740</p>

Citation

Buchanan, B. (2017). How WannaCry caused global panic but failed to turn much of a profit. https://theconversation.com/how-wannacry-caused-global-panic-but-failed-to-turn-much-of-a-profit-77740