Ransomware attck starting in Russia and the Ukraine

Yesterday various sources state that there have been multiple instances of Malware attacks in Russia and the Ukraine, including the Kiev Metro service.

The BadRabbit malware is suspected to have originated at a Russian celebrity gossip website and has been detected in Poland, Turkey and South Korea

Affected users should not pay the ransom, as a vaccine has been found already. as detailed in this tweet.

Users of Bitdefender are protected