Boeing production plant infected with WannaCry ransomware


By Pierluigi Paganini

WannaCrypt Boeing production plant

According to a report from the Seattle Times, the dreaded WannaCry ransomware hit a Boeing production plant in Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday.

WannaCry is back, this time it infected some systems belonging to US aircraft manufacturer Boeing.

According to a report from the Seattle Times, the dreaded ransomware hit a Boeing production plant in Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday.

“All hands on deck,” reads an internal memo issued by Mike VanderWel, the chief engineer at Boeing Commercial Airplane production engineering.

“It is metastasizing rapidly out of North Charleston and I just heard 777 (automated spar assembly tools) may have gone down,” 

The executive was concerned about the …read more

Via:: Security Affiars