No reports of casualties and property losses in Sichuan Stone Canal earthquake of magnitude 4.4

Zhongxin.com, Chengdu, May 16 (Reporter Liu Zhongjun) the reporter learned from the People’s Government Office of Shiqu county, Sichuan at 01:30 on the 16th that the 4.4 magnitude earthquake in the county has not received reports of casualties and property losses. According to the China seismic network, at about 00:20 on the 16th, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurred in Shiqu county (33.05 degrees NORTH LATITUDE and 99.00 degrees east longitude), Ganzi prefecture, Sichuan province, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. The epicenter was 84 kilometers away from Shiqu county, 99 kilometers away from Darlag County, 132 kilometers away from gadê county, 144 kilometers away from Dege county, 152 kilometers away from Sêrtar County, and 186 kilometers away from Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture. The stone Canal is located in the northwest of Sichuan province and the junction of Sichuan, Qing and Tibet provinces on the southeast edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is the hinterland area of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and has an average altitude of 4,000 meters. East to Sêrtar County and Garzê county, south to Dege County and Jinsha River as the boundary of Tibet Jomda County across the river, west to Yushu county in Qinghai province, north to Qinghai province, Mado and Guoluo prefecture, the border line with Qinghai province is 765 kilometers long and 65 kilometers long with Tibet. It is 697 kilometers away from Kangding, Ganzi prefecture and is the most remote county in Sichuan. After the earthquake, the reporter got in touch with Luo Lin, the county magistrate of the local Shiqu County People’s Government. Luo County magistrate said that the county had no sense of earthquake and had not received reports of disaster situation. After the earthquake, the government has arranged the staff to contact the villages and towns close to the epicenter in time to know whether the earthquake has brought disasters and so on. In addition, the average altitude within 5 kilometers of the epicenter is about 4713 meters, and the population within 50 kilometers is about 980, about 22000 within 100 kilometers. The villages and towns such as Changxu ganma township, Changxu Gongma Township, and Wenbo Township are far away from the epicenter of the earthquake. According to the quick report catalogue of China seismic network, there have been 15 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or above within 200 kilometers around the epicenter in the past 5 years. The latest earthquake was at 07:31 on March 10, 2017, Shiqu County (33.08 degrees NORTH LATITUDE, 99.05 degrees east longitude) a 3.0 magnitude earthquake with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. Until the press release, because the epicenter was far away from the county and the epicenter was rare, the relevant departments and staff of the local government were learning about the earthquake in various ways, and there were no reports of the disaster. Zhongxin.com, Chengdu, May 16 (Reporter Liu Zhongjun) the reporter learned from the People’s Government Office of Shiqu county, Sichuan at 01:30 on the 16th that the magnitude 4.4 earthquake in the county has not received reports of casualties and property losses.

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Central Network Information Office: the propagation speed of ransomware has slowed down significantly

Concerned about the news of “worm” ransomware attacks, the head of the Network Security Coordination Bureau of the central network information office said in an interview with the media today that the ransomware is still spreading, however, the propagation speed has slowed down significantly. Since May 12, a ransomware virus has spread worldwide, infecting many fields including hospitals, education, energy, communications, manufacturing and government departments, computers in some industries and government departments in our country have also been infected, which has caused some influence. After the incident, relevant departments such as public security, industrial credit, education, banking, and online credit all made arrangements immediately and put forward requirements for prevention work. Qihoo 360, Tencent, Antian, Jinshan security, Anheng, Yuanwang and other related enterprises quickly carried out research and actively provided security services and prevention tools. All relevant media have made a lot of reports, which have played an important role in improving the prevention awareness of the whole society and curbing ransomware. At present, the ransomware is still spreading, but the spreading speed has slowed down significantly. The person in charge said that the practice of dealing with the ransomware over the past few days showed that the most effective response for the majority of users was to install security protection software and upgrade security patches in time, even intranet computers that are not directly connected to the Internet should consider installing and upgrading security patches. As a system management technician of the unit, you can also take measures such as closing the ports and network services used by the ransomware. The large-scale spread of ransomware is rare in recent years, which once again sounded the alarm bell for people. The rapid development of information technology, such as the Internet, not only brings great benefits to people, but also brings unprecedented challenges to network security. The person in charge suggested that all aspects should attach great importance to network security issues, install security protection software in time, upgrade the operating system and security patches of various applications in time, set high security strength passwords and change them regularly, do not download and install applications of unknown origin, and take backup measures for particularly important data. (CCTV reporter Cheng Yi) According to the monitoring of the national network and information security information notification center, there are many variants of the WannaCry ransomware, such as the change of the switch domain name and the change of the receiving address, however, the main transmission mechanism and destruction mode have not changed, and the threat still exists. The disposal operation released by our center can prevent the virus from spreading further, but users still need to strengthen their security awareness and take the following security measures: 1. Install anti-virus software, upgrade the virus database in time, and regularly check the computer; 2. Download software from official websites or regular websites and upgrade system patches in time; 3. Scan strange files before opening them; 4. Back up important files and systems regularly; 5. Close unnecessary services and ports; 6. Do not use mobile storage media across networks; 7. Do not use computers across networks; 8. Do not click suspicious links to visit unknown websites; 9. Do not open suspicious emails and attachments. 1242 pay attention to the news of “worm” ransomware attacks. The head of the Network Security Coordination Bureau of the central network information office said in an interview with the media today that the ransomware is still spreading, however, the propagation speed has slowed down significantly. From May 12th,

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