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Marcus Hutchins (born 1994), also known online as MalwareTech, is a British computer security researcher known for stopping the WannaCry ransomware attack. [1] [2] He is employed by cybersecurity firm Kryptos Logic. [3] [4] Hutchins is from Ilfracombe in Devon. [5]
The WannaCry ransomware attack was a worldwide cyberattack in May 2017 by the WannaCry ransomware cryptoworm, which targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting data and demanding ransom payments in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. [4]
The United States Department of Justice has charged Park and other members of the Lazarus group for the WannaCry ransomware attack of 2017, [16] which involved the spreading of ransomware that encrypted files on victims' computers after spreading itself to other vulnerable devices on the local network that the compromised computer could access.
North Korea is probably behind last month's WannaCry cyber attack, according to the United States National Security Agency.
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'Nervous System,' which approaches data privacy and cybersecurity issues from the context of history, tells the story of a 1989 ransomware attack that came from a floppy disk.
The attack is rooted in game theory and was originally dubbed "non-zero sum games and survivable malware". The attack can yield monetary gain in cases where the malware acquires access to information that may damage the victim user or organization, e.g., the reputational damage that could result from publishing proof that the attack itself was ...
May: WannaCry ransomware attack started on Friday, May 12, 2017, [107] and has been described as unprecedented in scale, infecting more than 230,000 computers in over 150 countries. [108] A version of the unreleased Disney film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is held for ransom, with the attackers threatening its release to the ...