How WannaCry caused global panic but failed to turn much of a profit

Buchanan, Bill

Abstract

The WannaCry cyber-attack led to panic across the globe, showing just how important it is for organisations to have secure operating systems. This was not even the most sophisticated malware around. Numerous networks could easily cope with it and it largely hit legacy operating systems such as Windows XP.

Citation

Buchanan, B. (2017). How WannaCry caused global panic but failed to turn much of a profit. [https://theconversation.com/how-wannacry-caused-global-panic-but-failed-to-turn-much-of-a-profit-77740]. https://theconversation.com/how-wannacry-caused-global-panic-but-failed-to-turn-much-of-a-profit-77740

• Acceptance Date: May 18, 2017
• Publication Date: May 18, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jun 5, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 30, 2019
• Keywords: cryptography
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/849879