'First wave cyber attack is over'

delft - In tension the Netherlands was working behind his computer this morning, but new victims of cyber attack Wannacry are not discoverable. That's what cybersecurity expert Ronald Prince of Fox-IT says.

WannaCry made at least 226,000 victims in recent days, and it was feared that that would increase if people were going to work again on Monday morning. According to Prince, however, there is nothing to see.

'If a computer is infected, WannaCry is immediately active. In the meanwhile, further spread has occurred. Work computers that were not infected on Friday and left out on weekends will not be infected at all. '

However, the threat is not yet over, the expert warns. 'In WannaCry there was another so-called killswitch, which stopped the spread. It is inevitable that there is also a variant that does not. Then the spread can last forever. '

Dutch government agencies and vital sectors, such as gas, water and electricity, have not yet been affected by ransomware attacks, a spokeswoman from the National Cyber ​​Security Center (NCSC) announced Monday.

'It's still calm. Also on weekends we did not receive reports, 'said the saying lady. The NCSC warned Friday that there is a major international ransomware campaign. The agency indicates that people should pay extra attention when opening email from untrusted sources.

In the UK, a large number of hospitals were hit by cyber attacks on Friday. In the Netherlands, that was the case with parking company Q-Park.