Software Piracy and Cybersecurity in Russia: Dangers, Causes, and Solutions

... than 150 countries saw a message pop up on their screen demanding $300 paid in bitcoin within three days. Failure to pay the ransom would lead to the deletion of all files stored on the computer, now encrypted by the attacker. The attack was called WannaCry. It exploited a flaw in the Server Message Block (SMB) in Microsoft Windows, a vulnerability that was patched by Microsoft in March of that year, two months before the WannaCry outbreak. It spread like a worm , scanning and locating hosts, replicating ...