If You Don't Wanna Cry, Read this. What is the ransomware causing chaos globally? Tens of thousands of organisations have been caught out by a computer virus called WannaCry. The malicious software locks data away and demands a payment of up to $300 (£230) a time before it will restore scrambled files. In the UK, many hospitals fell victim and some health organisations diverted ambulances and cancelled non-essential services as they sought to contain and clean up the infection. Infections in more than 99 nations are being reported by security firms. It appears that the hardest hit are Russia and Spain. What has happened? The most widespread and public malware outbreak for years has managed to infect a huge number of large organisations. The culprit is malware called WannaCry - which encryp...
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