Today in Data: Global ‘WANNACRY’ Cyber Attack Impact

Cyber attacks have been impacting organizations all around the world recently, with Friday’s ‘WANNACRY’ ransomware attack hitting businesses from all sectors, globally, especially hard. From European automakers to Chinese companies and more, it doesn’t look like there is anyone’s cybersecurity systems are immune from this cyber infiltration.

Reuters reported that the possible starting point of all of these ‘WANNACRY’ cyber attacks comes back to technology developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (N.S.A.).

Here are the numbers:

126,000 | Total number of ‘WANNACRY’ infections as of Friday

150 | Number of countries that have seen ‘WANNACRY’ cyber attacks

100,000 | Number of organizations estimated by Interpol to be impacted by the ‘WANNACRY’ attacks

$300 to $600 | Amount of money typically demanded by ‘WANNACRY’ hackers

16 | Number of N.H.S. hospitals hit by ‘WANNACRY’ in the U.K.