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Government warns after major cyber attack: ‘Turn off this soft…

The Belgian cyber watchdog Cert calls on companies to immediately disable one particular software program after a large-scale international cyber attack. Some notorious Russian hackers have managed to penetrate the computer systems of at least 200 companies through this software. Their computers are held hostage, and the hackers are demanding up to $5 million in ransom.

The cyber attack started on Friday afternoon in the US, just before the 4th of July weekend for many Americans. Dozens of companies, especially American companies, suddenly saw how their computers …

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