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WannaCry: The Ransomware Attack That Shut Down Hospitals

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It was 3 PM on a Friday. A doctor at an NHS hospital in the UK tries to check his email. Instead, one of the PCs in the room reboots into a scary red screen demanding $300 in Bitcoin [23].
2nd Jun 2026

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