Ransomware attack: 75,000 global victims of cyberattack, says French police
Ransomware attack has affected over a dozen countries
AFP | PTI Paris The unprecedented global cyberattack affected "more than 75,000 victims" in dozens of countries, French police said in a statement Saturday, the day after the ransomware hit Russia's banks, British hospitals and European car factories among others.
"This is a provisional figure of the number of infected computers and could rise significantly over the coming days," Valerie Maldonado, deputy head of the French police's anti- Cybercrime Office told AFP.