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Lotta people ignore the main news channels these days - sometimes I can't blame them!
For those who get their news here, there's an especially-nasty computer virus going around, locks up your files and demands ransom for them. Some big (and you'd-think sophisticated) systems have been hit, more than 200,000 PC systems around the world as of yesterday.
Microsoft patched the hole used by the virus back in March, and has just announced its firm determination that the hole was discovered and basic mechanics for the virus developed last year by the U.S. government's National Security Agency in the U.S. They intended to use it for spying purposes, looking into people's computers. However the NSA's own systems were hacked earlier this year and this (and other similarly-dangerous back-door hacking software) was stolen from it and adapted into ransomware virus.
Update your operating system and anti-virus software. Be on extra alert for suspicious things in email and on web sites. And thank the lord that the NSA is out there to serve and protect us all.
For those who get their news here, there's an especially-nasty computer virus going around, locks up your files and demands ransom for them. Some big (and you'd-think sophisticated) systems have been hit, more than 200,000 PC systems around the world as of yesterday.
Microsoft patched the hole used by the virus back in March, and has just announced its firm determination that the hole was discovered and basic mechanics for the virus developed last year by the U.S. government's National Security Agency in the U.S. They intended to use it for spying purposes, looking into people's computers. However the NSA's own systems were hacked earlier this year and this (and other similarly-dangerous back-door hacking software) was stolen from it and adapted into ransomware virus.
Update your operating system and anti-virus software. Be on extra alert for suspicious things in email and on web sites. And thank the lord that the NSA is out there to serve and protect us all.