Hacker stopped a global computer virus epidemy #shorts

300 000 computers all around the world were disabled due to the “Wanna Cry” virus in 2007. Who was able to help?

In May 2017, 300 000 computers all around the world were disabled.
Hospitals, transport companies, banks, mobile operators and airports were affected.

That’s because of this message, a similar one appeared instead of the desktop wallpaper.

All documents on the computer were encrypted by the “Wanna Cry” virus.
To decrypt the files, the virus demanded payment of the equivalent of $300 in bitcoins.

Wannacry uses vulnerabilities in the SMB protocol in Windows.
All versions of Windows were vulnerable.

Researcher MalwareTech found out that the WannaСry code contained a domain that was free at the time.

Virus makers did this to prevent running virus in the sandbox.
After MalwareTech registered this domain, the epidemic stopped.
MalwareTech's real name is Marcus Hutchins. He had a reason to hide, ‘cos he used to write viruses himself.

His fight against WannaCry made him famous. Marcus was invited as a guest to Las Vegas for the DEFCON hacker conference, where he was arrested.

He received probation for his previous offences, but earned respect from cybersecurity experts.

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