The security industry was left shaken by the malware outbreak dubbed WannaCry. Starting on May 12, the attack rapidly spread to hundreds of countries, holding hundreds of thousands of computer systems hostage via a ransomware virus. The attack was slowed somewhat accidentally by a cybersecurity researcher who, during the course of his investigation, registered and sinkholed a domain being leveraged by the malware.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: Info Security Magazine