Editor's Note: This report was produced in collaboration with Threat Lens , Stratfor's unique protective intelligence product. Designed with corporate security leaders in mind, Threat Lens enables industry professionals to anticipate, identify, measure and mitigate emerging threats to people and assets around the world. Learn more here . Details are still emerging about the massive ransomware attack that has targeted institutions and individuals around the world over the past few days. According to Chinese security firm Qihoo 360, the May 12 operation compromised nearly 30,000 computers in China over the weekend, some 4,000 of which belonged to higher education organizations. Other Asian countries reported less exposure; Japan's Hitachi firm was hit, as were two hospitals in Jakarta. As companies and countries alike move to mitigate the rather unsophisticated threat that the Wannacrypt virus poses, the rate of infection will likely continue to drop off.