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The reports came swiftly on Friday morning, May 12—the first I saw were that dozens of hospitals in England were affected by ransomware, denying physicians access to patient medical records and causing surgery and other treatments to be delayed. Said the BBC:
The malware spread quickly on Friday, with medical staff in the UK reportedly seeing computers go down “one by one”.
NHS staff shared screenshots of the WannaCry programme, which demanded a payment of $ 300 (£230) in virtual currency Bitcoin to unlock the files for each computer.
Throughout the day other, mainly European countries, reported infections.
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Last Friday’s massive WannaCry ransomware attack means victims around the world are facing a tough question: Should they pay the ransom?
Those who do shouldn’t expect a quick response — or any response at all. Even after payment, the ransomware doesn’t automatically release your computer and decrypt your files, according to security researchers.
Instead, victims have to wait and hope WannaCry’s developers will remotely free the hostage computer over the internet. It’s a process that’s entirely manual and contains a serious flaw: The hackers have no way to prove who paid off the ransom.
“The odds of getting back their files decrypted is very small,” said Vikram Thakur, technical director at security firm Symantec. “It’s better for [the victims] to save their money and rebuild the affected computers.”
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