BUCHAREST, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Romania is among the 10 most affected ones after the "WannaCry" cyber-attack on Friday, which caused problems in lots of countries and regions, showed a release of Kaspersky Lab reaching here on Saturday.
A massive ransomware attack hit organizations around the world on May 12, said the release of Kaspersky Lab, the multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider, confirming that the lab has recorded as of Friday more than 45,000 attacks of ransomware, while Romania is among the 10 most affected ones.
According to the release, the attack by the ransomware, dubbed "WannaCry," is initiated through an SMBv2 remote code execution in Microsoft Windows. The exploit, codenamed "EternalBlue," has been made available on the internet through the Shadowbrokers dump on April 14.
Once they get into the system, attackers install a rootkit, which allows them to download the program to encrypt the data. Subsequently, there is a message asking for 600 U.S.dollars in Bitcoin, and the wallet, and the ransom increases over time," the release explained.
Romania's Dacia Automobile Plant had to partially interrupt production on Saturday following a cyber attack that affected some of the information systems. The plant, a subsidiary of the French car manufacturer Renault, is Romania's top company by revenue and the largest exporter.
On Friday, Romania's Cyberint National Center, operating under the authority of the Romanian Intelligence Service, announced that it counteracted a cyber attack attempt against a governmental institution.
