Boeing reportedly hit by Wannacry ransomware

Boeing has reportedly been struck in a major way by Wannacry, the ransomware that spread like wildfire last year. The Seattle Times obtained a memo from Mike VanderWel, of the company’s commercial airliner division, describing the malware as “metastasizing rapidly.” A Boeing representative, however, indicated that the situation isn’t nearly that dire (see update).
Wannacry, you may remember, spread using a Windows exploit leaked from NSA files, demanded a modest sum in bi