Malaysia also hit by WannaCry ransomware

Datuk Dr Amirudin Abdul Wahab

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s cyber security agency has issued an alert as the country emerged as one of the nearly 100 nations hit by a massive global cyberattack of ransomware.

CyberSecurity Malaysia, an agency under the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry, urged all Internet users and system admi­nistrators to secure their machines and networks to protect against the “WanaCrypt0r 2.0” ransomware.