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Lessons Learned From the WannaCry Ransomware Attack and Many Others That Preceded It

May 18, 2017

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Dry Your Eyes: Lessons Learned From WannaCry

If you’re reading this post, congratulations! You hopefully aren’t using one of the more than 200,000computers that were hit by the first wave of the WannaCry ransomware attack. Those unfortunate victims are dealing with bigger problems right now, such as how to admit patients to their emergency rooms or ship perishable items to their destinations without the help of working computers.

As this attack demonstrated, the cost of ransomware goes far beyond the fee that’s demanded to get back your files; it brings down businesses and even threatens lives.

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