Hindustan Times ST (Jaipur)

MISHRA’S FAST SPONSORED BY BJP: SISODIA

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biggest lender Sberbank were affected. Agency reports suggest a new variant of “WannaCry” ransomware hit large networks by exploiting a known bug in Microsoft’s Windows operating system.

Cyber extortioni­sts forced victims into opening malicious attachment­s, infected the computers and then demanded $300 to $600 to restore the systems.

Some victims were asked to pay through the digital currency bitcoin.

chief minister Manish Sisodia attacked sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra on Saturday, saying his indefinite fast was “sponsored” by the BJP.

Sisodia’s remarks came hours after AAP MLA Sanjeev Jha was detained by the police while he was proceeding to stage a hunger strike outside Mishra’s residence. “On one hand, Sanjeev Jha is picked up by police, while on the other, a BJP-sponsored fast is being held that is being provided police protection and other safeguards,” the deputy CM told reporters here.

Mishra’s fast entered the fourth day on Saturday. He is demanding details of foreign tours undertaken by five leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party.

Meanwhile, Jha, an MLA from Burari, went on an indefinite fast seeking replies to his questions posed to the axed AAP minister. Sisodia said Jha just wants to know what time the sacked minister had gone to the chief minister’s residence on May 5, the day Mishra claimed he saw Arvind Kejriwal taking ₹2 crore from health minister Satyendar Jain. The Burari MLA has demanded that Mishra come clean on the claim that he saw Jain pay money to Kejriwal. PTI

MISHRA’S FAST ENTERED DAY 4 ON SATURDAY. HE IS DEMANDING DETAILS OF FOREIGN TOURS BY FIVE LEADERS OF THE AAM AADMI PARTY

Researcher­s with security software maker Avast said they had observed 57,000 infections in 99 countries, with Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan the top targets, according to a Reuters report.

The computer hacking tool is believed to have been developed by the United States’ National Security Agency.

Finance ministers from G7 are drawing up plans at a meeting in Italy to fight the growing threat of internatio­nal cyber attacks.

 ?? AFP FILE ?? Operations of global corporatio­ns such as Renault (above), FedEx, Telefonica and Portugal Telecom were hit in the attack.
AFP FILE Operations of global corporatio­ns such as Renault (above), FedEx, Telefonica and Portugal Telecom were hit in the attack.

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