'Accidental hero' halts ransomware attack and warns: this is not over | Technology | The Guardian
'The “accidental hero” who halted the global spread of an unprecedented ransomware attack by registering a garbled domain name hidden in the malware has warned the attack could be rebooted. '
'Enable windows update, update and then reboot.”He said he got his first job out of school without any real qualifications, having skipped university to start up a tech blog and write software.“It’s always been a hobby to me, I’m self-taught. '
'Microsoft released a patch (a software update that fixes the problem) for the flaw in March, but computers that have not installed the security update remain vulnerable. '
'So I picked it up not knowing what it did at the time.”The kill switch was hardcoded into the malware in case the creator wanted to stop it spreading. '
'Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts a user’s data, then demands payment in exchange for unlocking the data. '
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0 u/derram 14 May 2017 10:30
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'The “accidental hero” who halted the global spread of an unprecedented ransomware attack by registering a garbled domain name hidden in the malware has warned the attack could be rebooted. '
'Enable windows update, update and then reboot.”He said he got his first job out of school without any real qualifications, having skipped university to start up a tech blog and write software.“It’s always been a hobby to me, I’m self-taught. '
'Microsoft released a patch (a software update that fixes the problem) for the flaw in March, but computers that have not installed the security update remain vulnerable. '
'So I picked it up not knowing what it did at the time.”The kill switch was hardcoded into the malware in case the creator wanted to stop it spreading. '
'Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts a user’s data, then demands payment in exchange for unlocking the data. '
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