(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Thousands of computer servers around the world have been
targeted by a ransomware hacking attack, Italy's National
Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) said on Sunday, warning organizations to
take action to protect their systems, trend reports citing reuters .
The hacking attack sought to exploit a software vulnerability,
ACN director general Roberto Baldoni told Reuters, adding it was on
a massive scale.
Italy's ANSA news agency, citing the ACN, reported that servers
had been compromised in other European countries such as France and
Finland as well as the United States and Canada.
Dozens of Italian organizations were likely to have been
affected and many more had been warned to take action to avoid
being locked out of their systems.
Telecom Italia customers reported internet problems earlier on
Sunday, but the two issues were not believed to be related.
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