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Peter Cochrane: WannaCry? I wanna understand what's going on

Peter Cochrane

14 June 2017 •

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Peter Cochrane examines the one thing linking WannaCry, the BA meltdown and other IT disasters: managers

Peter Cochrane examines the common problem between the WannaCry outbreak, the BA breakdown and the NSA malware tools leakage - managers

One badly configured breed of ransomware (WannaCry), known of and warned about for six months, locks up 220,000 computers worldwide, shutting down hospital services and even a telco. Weeks later...

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