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The WannaCry ransomware attack was a worldwide cyberattack in May 2017 by the WannaCry ransomware cryptoworm, which targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting data and demanding ransom payments in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. [4]
England's healthcare system came under a withering cyberattack Friday morning, with "at least 25" hospitals across the country falling prey to ransomware that locked doctors and employees out of ...
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June: The Petya attack spreads globally affecting Windows systems. Researchers at Symantec reveal that this ransomware uses the EternalBlue exploit, similar to the one used in the WannaCry ransomware attack. [104] [105] [106] September: The Xafecopy Trojan attacks 47 countries, affecting only Android operating systems. Kaspersky Lab identified ...
A cyberattack is any type of offensive maneuver employed by individuals or whole organizations that targets computer information systems, infrastructures, computer networks, and/or personal computer devices by various means of malicious acts usually originating from an anonymous source that either steals, alters, or destroys a specified target by hacking into a susceptible system.
The ransomware attack, unprecedented in scale, [106] infected more than 230,000 computers in over 150 countries, [107] using 20 different languages to demand money from users using Bitcoin cryptocurrency. WannaCry demanded US$300 per computer. [108]
Marcus Hutchins (born 1994), also known online as MalwareTech, is a British computer security researcher known for stopping the WannaCry ransomware attack. [1] [2] He is employed by cybersecurity firm Kryptos Logic. [3] [4] Hutchins is from Ilfracombe in Devon. [5]
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