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Goldeneye Ransomware Hits Merck, WPP and Ukrain Government

Rejected submission by Anonymous Coward at 2017-06-27 21:46:55
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An Anonymous Coward writes:

The Daily Mail reports [dailymail.co.uk] that malware similar to WannaCrypt [soylentnews.org] has affected numerous computers and requires a US$300 BitCoin payment. Ukrainian Government systems are worst affected.

Many recent outages/attacks have a pattern [soylentnews.org] and a UK power grid outage is anticipated [theguardian.com].

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