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There's a major weakness in america's cybersecurity preparedness. it's creating a huge problem for governments and business as like. we are talking about ransomware in which hackers block access by encrypting files until they receive a sum of money, often in a crypto currency. they have targeted atlanta and baltimore and 22 towns in texas just this month. hackers have also hit school districts and hospitals and security experts say we're going to see more headlines like the ones you are looking at now. attacks have potentially deadly consequences as they force towns and cities to scramble to g...

Chi saying they both appear to be affected. japanese government down playing this. saying the impact is minimal so far. no so in china where they say they've detected the new version and say it doesn't have a kill switch and it may spread even faster. around the world. some 200,000 systems have been affected in 150 countries including the u.s. the virus first attacks through the bad link in e-mail. very quickly throughout an entire network freezing computers, encrypting files. demanding usually $300 in bitcoin to unlock the files. if you don't meet the demands within a certain amount of time, ...