Almost all WannaCry victims were running Windows 7

One week after it first hit, researchers are getting a better handle on how the WannaCry ransomware spread so quickly — and judging from the early figures, the story seems to be almost entirely about Windows 7.

According to data released today by Kaspersky Lab, roughly 98 percent of the computers affected by the ransomware were running some version of Windows 7, with less than one in a thousand running Windows XP. 2008 R2 Server clients were also hit hard, making up just over 1 percent of infections...

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Read more: Almost all WannaCry victims were running Windows 7 - The Verge

See also: Microsoft - Customer Guidance for WannaCrypt attacks - Windows 10 Forums
 
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