Written question asked by Louise Haigh (Labour) on Wednesday, 28 June 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 July 2017. It was answered by Ben Wallace (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 July 2017 on behalf of the Home Office.

Cybercrime

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on whether the ransomware virus which began infecting computers on 27 June 2017 is able to bypass the patch released by Microsoft for all platforms from Windows XP to Windows 10.

Answer

On 27 Jun 2017, there was widespread media reporting of global ransomware infections. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) are monitoring the situation closely and providing advice to the public and businesses.

A variety of tools are publicly available to help organisations limit the spread and impact of the attacks that have occurred. NCSC have issued guidance that can be found on their homepage at ncsc.gov.uk found under the title "Protecting Your Organisation From Ransomware”. The NCSC constantly updates its advice in order to address emerging and existing threats.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 1627
Session: 2017-19
Subjects: Cybercrime Computer viruses
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Cybercrime

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