White House said on Monday that more than $70,000 has been already paid in a WanaCryptor ransomware attack.
Well, the tools can be used to hack computers running on Microsoft Windows.
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Security researchers at Avast have recorded over 57,000 detections of WanaCryptor 2.0 ransomware in 99 countries.
Let me tell you, after the attack, the ransom being demanded is $300 worth of bitcoins.
The attack has almost infected 300,000 machines in more than 100 countries.
However, the good news is the infection rates have slowed over the weekend.
The security adviser further said that there are currently three versions of WanaCryptor ransomware affecting the computers.
HHowever, applying the patch provided by Microsoft will help protect against all these variants.
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