Fears are growing that Monday could see a surge in the number of computers taken over by the devastating WannaCry ransomware hack. As people return to work and connect laptops to their office system, this could potentially spark a new wave of infections. About 200,000 victims in 150 countries or more have so far been affected, although this number was reduced after a 22-year-old British security analyst accidentally triggered a hidden ‘kill switch’. But the analyst, known as MalwareTech on Twitter, warned the hackers could easily reconfigure the software to get around this and urged people to instal a patch issued by Microsoft.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Independent