The incident did not affect the electricity supply given the infected computers were used mainly for administrative work, Taipower said..
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/05/15 18:48
By: Wendy Lee , Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The state-owned Taiwan Power Company (Taipower)
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confirmed Monday that as many as 779 computers at the Taipower offices had been infected with the WannaCry ransomware in last week’s attack.
While most have been repaired, some 152 computers are still affected by the malware, the company said.
The incident did not affect the electricity supply given the infected computers were used mainly for administrative work, Taipower said.
As soon as the hack was detected, the staff was immediately told to unplug their internet cables, and the virus was removed from most of the computers as of Monday afternoon, according to the company spokesman. [FULL STORY]
