By Eduard Goodman | June 01, 2017 at 03:00 AM
The impact on insurers of the global WannaCry ransomware attack was limited by low operating system piracy and the virus 's links to Pyongyang , according to a PropertyCasualty360 op - ed by Eduard Goodman , chief privacy officer at CyberScout . The countries and Canada were n't hit as hard by the attacks thanks to a lower number of pirated and out - of - date Microsoft operating systems . Organisations in North countries are also more likely to have cyber insurance , which often mandates up - to - date corporate IT practices . Finally , North Korean perpetrators were thought to be behind the attack , meaning many insurers would avoid paying on policies as terrorist acts are typically excluded .