Why a global cyber crisis stalled—this time
by Robert Hackett
May 20, 2017
2 minutes
IN THE END, IT WASN’T THE CYBER Armageddon that it seemed to be at first glance.
What has been described as the largest ever ransomware attack—a cybercriminal scheme that locks up computer files until victims pay a ransom—holds the paradoxical distinction of being both an outrageous success (in terms of its blast radius) as well as an abject failure (in terms of its haul). The malicious software spread
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