Ransomware
604 views · Published 15 May 2017 · 1:43 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: AFP News Agency · 2017 · News & Politics
Computers in more than 150 countries have been hit by what experts are calling an unprecedented mass cyberattack using ransomware. The so-called WannaCry ransomware locks access to user files and demands money -- in the form of the virtual currency Bitcoin -- in order to decrypt them.VIDEOGRAPHIC
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