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Editor's Pick: British Hospitals, FedEx Among Thousands Hit by Ransomware


David Jones
May 13, 2017 10:40 AM PT
Authorities are investigating a massive ransomware attack that reportedly hit more than 45,000 computers in 74 countries worldwide, including the UK's NHS England national health service, international delivery service FedEx, and Spanish telecom firm Telefonica. Security experts have linked the exploit to an earlier leak by the Shadow Brokers, who allegedly pilfered hacking tools from the NSA. [More...]

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