A widespread new email scam purportedly from the WannaCry hackers attempts to shake down potential victims with threats of the ransomware if they don’t pay up-front. Sophos, which investigated the scam, says not to pay or contact the scammers, and to use the proper security hygiene of patching and good backups. “Simply put, it’s a protection racket, where you’re being stood over to prevent bad things happening,” said Sophos senior security advisor Paul Ducklin in a post today.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/-pay-up-or-get-wannacry-hit-extortion-email-spreading