The terms 'WannaCry, Petya and EternalBlue' sometimes mentioned in the

The terms ‘WannaCry, Petya and EternalBlue’ sometimes mentioned in the news recently are related to

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UPSC IAS – 2018

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The correct answer is C) Cyber attacks.

WannaCry, Petya, and EternalBlue were terms widely reported in the news in 2017 concerning major global cyber incidents.

‘WannaCry’ and ‘Petya’ (or ‘NotPetya’) were names of significant global ransomware or wiper attacks that occurred in May and June 2017, respectively. ‘EternalBlue’ was the name of the specific software exploit (a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows’ Server Message Block protocol) that was utilized by both WannaCry and NotPetya to spread rapidly across networks. These terms are directly associated with large-scale cyber attacks.

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