Go ahead and cry, WannaCry!

Nearly 100,500 US dollars (worth around 89,500 euros) is the sum that the hackers have raised in ransom from public institutions and commercial enterprises with the WannaCry trojan – by 21 May at 6 a.m. CET. In mid-May the criminals had attacked servers and networks of organizations worldwide with their trojan, blocked access to data, and in this way paralyzed productions and processes. For unlocking the data, they demanded ransom money from the companies hit. Among those affected was the German National Railways “Deutsche Bahn”, ­according to Spiegel Online.

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