Massive global cyber attack ongoing; Major nationwide internet outage in Italy

Thousands of computer servers around the world have been targeted by a ransomware hacking attack – Reuters

— Faytuks News (@Faytuks) February 5, 2023

JUST IN – Thousands of computer servers around the world have been targeted by a ransomware hacking attack, Italy's National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) warns.

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 5, 2023

⚠️ Confirmed: #Italy is in the midst of a major internet outage with high impact to leading operator Telecom Italia; real-time network data show national connectivity at 26% of ordinary levels; incident ongoing 📉 #TIMDown pic.twitter.com/Ypo8UBuxeV

— NetBlocks (@netblocks) February 5, 2023

https://twitter.com/_/status/1622252256921018368

🚨BREAKING: Massive Scale HACKING ATTACK Targets THOUSANDS of Computer Servers in Italy, France, Finland and Other European Countries, Italy's Cybersecurity Agency Director Says

▪️USA and Canada computer servers also impactedhttps://t.co/SYUdCqe2b9

— HeadlineHunter!🚨GLOBAL𝕏 (@HHunter_Global) February 5, 2023

Italy Hit With Widespread Internet Outage After "International Interconnection Problem" https://t.co/N3Hq90DuDg

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 5, 2023

https://twitter.com/_/status/1622302519547379716

Major Florida hospital hit by possible ransomware attack https://t.co/ebjcwk4zWx pic.twitter.com/Y1OJHrKSYb

— South Florida Sun Sentinel (@SunSentinel) February 4, 2023

🌐 A new #ransomware attack is spreading like crazy 🚨

Many VMware ESXi servers got encrypted in the last hours with this ransom note 🧐

What's interesting is that the bitcoin wallet is different in every ransom note. No website for the group, only TOX id 👀 pic.twitter.com/mgyoLxbXvg

— DarkFeed (@ido_cohen2) February 3, 2023

Map of affected servers by the recent ransomware spree seems to have a focus on France, Germany, The Netherlands and Canada although spreading to other places #esxi #vmware #ransomware #infosec #cybersecurity pic.twitter.com/jqNg3MExKJ

— Silent Push (@silentpush) February 5, 2023

Disponibile in Italia! https://t.co/Q1VvqV58aK pic.twitter.com/CbTQCMg7oT

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2023

Just weeks ago the WEF told us we would be seeing a major increase in cyber attacks. Now a ransomeware attack is infecting computers around the world. https://t.co/gpyVCYDVWn pic.twitter.com/61DR523E9W

— Benjamin Rubinstein (@BenFRubinstein) February 5, 2023

#WEF rolling out their fake global cyber attack ("#CyberPolygon")

to take over full control of the internet

"it's for your own good" they'll say.

be prepared – fight back pic.twitter.com/QCd4CLBxeo

— Traduki (@realTraduki) February 5, 2023

h/t KingChaos777