Don't give in to threats and pay ransom: India advises victims of WannaCry

Saying that decryption tools could come in time, CERT-In said that the infected data should be saved

Have you been hit by the recent WannaCry ransomware attack? If so, India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has advised victims of the recent attack, which is ravaging Windows-based computer systems globally by encrypting critical data, to not given into the cyber attackers' threats and pay the ransom. 

In a webcast on Monday, CERT-In advised individuals and organisations on how to protect themselves from the threat and outlined what they should do if the ransomware has made it onto their system. CERT-In had issued a critical warning against the WannaCry ransomware threat on Saturday.

“Do not pay the ransom, that