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Topic: WannaCry

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Researchers unconvinced of NK's guilt

Nicole Karlis
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Hacking arrests

Roderick S. Graham - The Conversation
This photo made on Sunday Jan.1, 2017, shows a tenth grader attending a class how to investigate a computer network that has been hacked in Beit Shemesh, Israel. In its quest to become a world leader in cyber security and technology, Israel is placing its hopes in the country's youth. (AP Photo/Daniel Estrin) (AP)

Keeping quiet

Charlie May
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install software updates

Elissa Redmiles - The Conversation
This Wednesday, May 20, 2015 photo shows server banks inside a data center at AEP headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. Like most big utilities, AEP's power plants, substations and other vital equipment are managed by a network that is separated from the company's business software with layers of authentication, and is not accessible via the Internet. Creating that separation, and making sure that separation is maintained, is among the most important things utilities can do to protect the grid's physical assets. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (AP)

Global Cyber Attack

Charlie May
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