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Hackers Are Trying to Reignite WannaCry With Non-Stop Botnet Attacks

Hackers Are Trying to Reignite WannaCry With Non-Stop Botnet Attacks

Hackers Are Trying to Reignite WannaCry With Non-Stop Botnet Attacks

Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer

May 24, 20177m 30s

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Show Notes

Over the past year, two digital disasters have rocked the internet. The botnet known as Mirai knocked a swath of major sites off the web last September, including Spotify, Reddit, and the New York Times. And over the past week, the WannaCry ransomware outbreak crippled systems ranging from healthcare to transportation in 150 countries before it an unlikely “kill-switch” in its code shut it down.

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