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  US: Internet shut after ransomware attack hits Baltimore city; hackers demand 76,280 USD

  World | May 26, 2019 13:11 IST

  A note found in one of the computers read, "We won't talk more, all we know is money! Hurry up!"

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  67% Indian businesses hit by ransomware, 38% twice: Cybersecurity survey

  Technology | March 14, 2018 14:27 IST

  More than 70 percent surveyed do not have anti-exploit technology, which means these businesses are easy prey for data breaches and complex threats like WannaCrypt.

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  North Korea ‘directly responsible’ for massive WannaCry cyberattack, says US

  World | December 19, 2017 9:28 IST

  Bossert said North Korea must be held "accountable" and said the US would continue to use a "maximum pressure strategy" to hinder the regime's ability to mount cyber-attacks.

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  Saviour or anti-hero? Expert who stopped 'WannaCrypt' outbreak held in cyber fraud in US

  August 04, 2017 15:47 IST

  The FBI arrested 23-year-old Briton Marcus Hutchins, who runs a security blog called MalwareTech, in Las Vegas for "his role in creating and distributing the Kronos banking trojan virus"

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  More evidence by Symantec links North Korea to WannaCry attack

  World | May 23, 2017 15:53 IST

  A fresh set of evidences by a cyber security firm have sought to link the this month’s ‘WannaCry’ ransomware attack to the Lazarus hacker’s group, widely believed to be connected to North Korea.

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  Data recovery firm cracks 'WannaCry', working on five cases in India

  May 19, 2017 15:06 IST

  The development comes as a huge relief for those struggling to gain access to locked data after the ‘WannaCry’ attack hit Windows users in 150 countries.