UK Cyberattack

[Staggerwing]

That just gives the Kremlin Kleptocracy a fig leaf of plausible deniability. Besides, why should the Vlad Squad be squeamish about extorting money from ordinary Russians?

[OJsDad]

Get ready for round 2 in the morning.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/wannacry-malware-could-just-be-getting-started/ar-BBB81zb?li=AA4Zoy&ocid=spartanntp

[Sir Slash]

That does make me 'wanna cry'.  :'(

[MikeGER]

concerning us Grogs, i have read in the newspaper this morn that Windows 10 users were never endangered.

i recon most of the wargamers are on Windows 10 in the meantime, at least with their main PC,
some on-travel laptops and older second PC system, that are also still in the household might be not.   

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

You reckon incorrectly.

[jomni]

concerning us Grogs, i have read in the newspaper this morn that Windows 10 users were never endangered.

i recon most of the wargamers are on Windows 10 in the meantime, at least with their main PC,
some on-travel laptops and older second PC system, that are also still in the household might be not.

There are maybe Windows 7 holdouts amongst ourselves.  There's some talk about this in the Graviteam Tank Warfare thread.

[Gusington]

I am on Win 8.1.

[mirth]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/world/asia/china-cyberattack-hack-ransomware.html

[Sir Slash]

Sure. That's what they WANT us to think. Then, when our guard is down, WHAM! They'll have us all by our dongles.  :hide:

[mirth]

https://medium.com/free-code-camp/inside-the-worst-ransomware-outbreak-in-history-and-how-to-protect-yourself-168e7028a236?source=email-anon_a9ebd823f514--publication.newsletter

[DoctorQuest]

concerning us Grogs, i have read in the newspaper this morn that Windows 10 users were never endangered.

i recon most of the wargamers are on Windows 10 in the meantime, at least with their main PC,
some on-travel laptops and older second PC system, that are also still in the household might be not.

There are maybe Windows 7 holdouts amongst ourselves.  There's some talk about this in the Graviteam Tank Warfare thread.

Windows 7 should be fine if have any one of the following patches.

KB4012212
KB4015552
KB4019263

This is according to my local PC security experts.

And be the hell careful what email links you click on.

[OJsDad]

I'm sure it'll bite me in the arse some day, but if I have any emails that I'm not sure about, I'll open them on my android based phone and not one of my windows based machines.