Leonardo to roll out anti-ransom tool after large-scale attacks


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Hardwares used for Cybersecurity are displayed at the desk of Security Platform during the TechCrunch Disrupt event in Manhattan, in New York City, NY, U.S. May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

When a wave of ransom-requesting cyberattacks hit computers across the globe earlier this month, Leonardo SpA cybersecurity experts had already warned clients that a larger-than-usual strike was about to hit. Now, the company is set to roll out a new weapon against hackers. 

The Rome-based defence company, which counts the UK Ministry of Defence, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and Italy’s civil service among its 3,000 cybersecurity clients, will roll out new technology this week to prevent ransomware attacks, Andrea Biraghi, managing director of the security and information systems division, said in an interview. 

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