Q. What Happened? A. On Friday May 12th 2017, several organizations were affected by a new Ransomware strain. The Ransomware was very successful in part because it used a SMB vulnerability to spread inside networks. The vulnerability was patched by Microsoft in March for supported versions of Windows. The exploit, known under the name ETERNALBLUE, was released in April as part of a leak of NSA tools. Variants have been seen spreading Saturday/Sunday. Q.How many infections? A. Several large organizations world wide are known to be affected. No obvious targeting. The organizations are from various countries and appear not to be…