The government last evening issued a cybersecurity alert in wake of a global “ransomware attack” that was in progress.
A statement from the Ministry of the Presidency said the Guyana National Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (GNCIRT) confirmed that a global ransomware attack was currently in progress.
“The self-spreading ransomware, known as ‘Wanna Cry’ or ‘Wanna Decryptor’, exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows operating system,” it said.