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WanaCry Ransomware Attack' ☠️

- How it affected Agra

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day after a massive ransomeware attack hit nearly 100 countries, including India, terrifying details were slowly emerging on Saturday as computers from hospitals in Britain to police stations in Andhra Pradesh were hacked into, keeping cyber security experts on tenterhooks.

In India, a section of computers at Andhra Pradesh’s police departments were hacked. Computers in 18 police units in Chittoor, Krishna, Guntur, Visakhatpatnam and Srikakulam districts were affected.

According to Director General of Police N Sambasiva Rao, systems using the Windows operating system were hit by the cyber attack. The police chief’s computer with Apple’s operating system was safe.

R Jaya Lakshmi, superintendent of police, Tirupati Urban, said the ‘ransomware’ encrypted data in some police stations, adding that they were not able to access data and hackers were demanding ransom in digital currency bitcoin to restore access.

“The impact is minimal as we also keep offline record of FIRs and other documents,” Lakshmi added.

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