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Last week a global cyber attack infected computers in over 100 countries. In the UK a substantial number of NHS institutes became a victim of this attack, but also well-known companies like international shipper FedEx. And although the attack was halted since a \u2018kill switch\u2019 was found in the code and activated, security experts warn that the further proliferation may soon continue. Are such ransomware attacks also a risk for VoIP and Unified Communications systems? A good question which we elaborate on in a new blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week a global cyber attack infected computers in over 100 countries. In the UK a substantial number of NHS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1635,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-2443","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nImpact ransomware attack on VoIP? - RSconnect<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rsconnect.net\/en\/news\/impact-ransomware-attack-voip\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Impact ransomware attack on VoIP? - RSconnect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last week a global cyber attack infected computers in over 100 countries. 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