Poland slightly affected in latest ransomware attack

Poland has been slightly affected by the latest global cyber attack and decided not to raise the national threat level because of this, PM Beata Szydło said. She added, that there had been no reports of an attack on government institutions, while Interior Minister Mariusz Błaszczak explained that only a few companies reported such attacks. The virus, dubbed “Petya” was first deployed in Ukraine, but spread to many global networks affecting dozens of companies around the world. The malicious code locked machines and demanded victims post a ransom worth $300 in bitcoins or lose their data entirely, similar to the extortion tactic used in the global WannaCry ransomware attack in May. Although many cyber security experts, think that the aim of the attack was to cause disruption rather than ransom.