Boeing Says Suspected WannaCry Attack Only Hit 'Small Number of Systems,' Probably Not Plane

Gizmodo -------- A South Carolina facility owned by aerospace and defense contracting giant Boeing was hit by a WannaCry attack on Wednesday, the Seattle Times reported, but the company is now trying to tamp down fears that the dreaded ransomware is back on the rise after it was only barely snuffed out last year. Per the Times, Boeing Commercial Airplane production engineering chief Mike VanderWel sent out a memo earlier in the day calling for “all hands on deck,” adding “It is metastasizing rapidly out of North Charleston and I just heard 777 (automated spar assembly tools) may have gone down.” VanderWel added that the WannaCry infection could have “spread to airplane software” after spreading to equipment used in the testing of newly produced aircraft. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.