NAIROBI Men's Nike Kyrie 4 41 for the Ages Anthracite Black For Sale , May 14 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's telecommunication industry regulator on Sunday warned over a cyber attack that is targeting computers around the world and advised Kenyans to exercise caution to avoid falling victim.
The Communications Authority (CA) cautioned Kenyans to keep a backup of all their files offline to ensure that they can restore them in case they are attacked.
"Once a computer is infected with the virus, it tries to infect other computers in the same network. Individuals and organizations are discouraged from paying the ransom as this does not guarantee access will be restored," CA Director General Francis Wangusi said in a statement.
Wangusi said the ransomware virus, which goes by the name Winery or WannaCrypt0r or WanaDecrypt0r kyrie s1 hybrid for sale , has been reported to have infected tens of thousands in many countries around the world and continues to spread.
Once a computer has been attacked, users cannot access their files unless they pay a 300 U.S. dollar ransom to a Bit Coin account.
The encryption based cyber attack manifests itself as "ransomware" and attacks computers running on Windows operating system. The malicious software infects a computer and restricts user access until a ransom is paid to unlock it.
Wangusi said its existence has been confirmed by the National Kenya Computer Incidence Response Team Coordination Centre (KE-CIRT-CC).
"The authority (CA) is therefore advising the public to beware and put in place the following preventive measures," Wangusi said.
He advised that individuals and organizations should ensure their computers have updated anti-virus as well as an offline data back-