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05-13-2017, 11:04 AM
http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/q9i3Lcoy8UoxHZvzKYnXmg--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/2e4563eb0bca8ed79d2b85f14b53773e1a665d01.jpg (https://www.yahoo.com/tech/alarm-grows-over-global-ransomware-attacks-192221316.html)Security experts expressed alarm Friday over a fast-moving wave of cyberattacks around the world that appeared to exploit a flaw exposed in documents leaked from the US National Security Agency. The attacks came in the form of ransomware, a technique used by hackers that locks a user's files unless they pay the attackers in bitcoin. The scope of the attacks was not immediately clear, amid varying estimates from security researchers.



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