Ransomware hits‘hundreds of thousands’ of China PCs

Global ransomware attacks have infected ATMs in China as well as government offices, universities and hospitals.-AFP

Shanghai (AFP) - ”Hundreds of thousands” of Chinese computers at nearly 30,000 institutions including government agencies have been hit by the global ransomware attack, a leading Chinese security-software provider has said, though the Asian impact has otherwise been relatively muted.

The enterprise-security division of Qihoo 360, one of the country’s leading suppliers of anti-virus software, said 29,372 institutions ranging from government offices to universities, ATMs and hospitals had been “infected” by the outbreak as of late Saturday.