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2017-05-20 -Lurid Crime Tales-

French team finds way to unlock computers infected with WannaCry virus as ransom deadline looms

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Posted by trailing wife 2017-05-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 And the solution only costs $500.

Posted by gorb 2017-05-20 01:07|| 2017-05-20 01:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Vista, XP back in the old days was notoriously easy to infect. To roll the dice by hackers to target such vulnerable operating systems these days had to seem like long shot to them. There are so many newer operating systems now in use. But it did pay off.

Posted by Blackbeard Omort5851 2017-05-20 01:07|| 2017-05-20 01:07|| Front Page Top

#3 I have considered returning to ME so the hacker's system also crashes.

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-05-20 13:12|| 2017-05-20 13:12|| Front Page Top

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