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Microsoft has published some of the ransomware code (Microsoft)


NSA Requested to Stop Ransomware Attack

NSA Requested to Stop Ransomware Attack

London – Operation Petya, a ransomware similar to Wannacry, attacked a large number of computers on a global scale which prompted several international experts demanding the National Security Agency (NSA) to exert more efforts to fight these viruses. Wannacry is a...
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ormally you ask ATMs for money. In cyber-attacked Ukraine, ATMs ask you. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)


New Ransomware Attack Hits Economic Institutions

New Ransomware Attack Hits Economic Institutions

London – Dozens of European companies and institutions witnessed consecutive electronic attacks by a new ransomware virus called Petya, which is said to be locking computers that are infected and encrypting files on them. The new cyber attack is similar to the...
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A journalist in Istanbul reads a news article about cyberattacks. (Sedat Suna/European Pressphoto Agency)


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Governments, companies and computer experts braced for a possible worsening of the global cyberattack that has hit more than 150 countries. (AFP)


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An promotional video plays behind a window reflecting a nearby building at the Microsoft office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder