In this episode of the Cybersecurity Podcast, we take a closer look at the WannaCry ransomware outbreak of 2017. Discover how a single vulnerability turned into a global cyber crisis, why so many systems were left unprotected, and what lessons we can learn today to stay secure. 

Within hours, hospitals in the UK were cancelling operations, factories in Europe shut down production lines, telecom providers in Spain struggled to stay online, and government institutions from Russia to China reported massive outages. Screens everywhere lit up with the same chilling message: “Oops, your files have been encrypted.”

The attack, later known as WannaCry, wasn’t just another computer virus. It was a global crisis that exposed how vulnerable our digital infrastructure really is – and how quickly chaos can unfold when millions of machines are connected but unprotected.

What made WannaCry truly terrifying was its speed. Unlike most cyberattacks that require someone to click on a malicious link or open a dangerous attachment, this ransomware spread on its own, leaping from one vulnerable computer to the next. 

You can read here the full articel

https://cybersecureguard.org/how-wannacry-ransomware-spread-so-fast-in-2017/