{"id":2345,"date":"2017-05-12T13:01:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T19:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=2345"},"modified":"2017-05-12T13:01:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T19:01:42","slug":"cyberattacks-in-12-nations-said-to-use-leaked-n-s-a-hacking-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=2345","title":{"rendered":"Cyberattacks in 12 Nations Said to Use Leaked N.S.A. Hacking Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/cyberattacks-in-12-nations-said-to-use-leaked-nsa-hacking-tool\/ar-BBB450m?li=BBnb7Kz\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/BBB49xI.img?h=200&amp;w=300&amp;m=6&amp;q=60&amp;o=f&amp;l=f\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLONDON \u2014 An extensive cyberattack struck computers across a wide swath of Europe and Asia on Friday, and strained the public health system in Britain, where doctors were blocked from patient files and emergency rooms were forced to divert patients.<\/p>\n<p>The attack involved <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/bb\/ransomware-hack-attacks-holding-data-hostage-avoid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">r<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/bb\/ransomware-hack-attacks-holding-data-hostage-avoid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ansomware<\/a>, a kind of malware that encrypts data and locks out the user. 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