Now I get it: Ransomware
On May 12, a computer worm called WannaCry infected 320,000 Windows computers in 150 countries—and made headlines around the world. First, because WannaCry is one of the most widespread...
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The simple reason so many companies were hit by the WannaCry 2.0 ransomware
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