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 .
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 US and Canada weren't hit as hard by the virus thanks to a lower number of pirated and out-of-date Microsoft operating systems. Organisations in North America 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.