Article snippet: HONG KONG — Computer security experts struggled on Saturday to contain the fallout from audacious cyberattacks that rippled across the globe, demanding ransom from users with the threat that their data would be destroyed. The malicious software, transmitted via email and stolen from the National Security Agency, exposed the vulnerability of computer systems at government agencies, universities, health care systems and other institutions in scores of countries hit by what was described as the largest ransomware attack on record. In Asia, there were widespread reports on Saturday of attacks at universities, with students locked out of their theses and final papers as graduation loomed. One tech media site posted an image of a college computer lab that showed several screens displaying the red-and-white ransom note associated with the virus. The Chinese online security company Qihoo 360 issued a warning about the virus, saying that many networks there had been hit and that some computers used to mine Bitcoin in China were among those infected. Qihoo also warned that education networks were particularly vulnerable because they were set up to more openly share data and resources like printers, leaving them relatively unprotected. Malware problems were reported at several universities in Asia, including at Shandong University, a top school in northeast China. The university issued an online notice urging faculty and students to update their software as quickly as possi... Link to the full article to read more