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June 16, 2017 03:58 pm GMT

Yet more confirmation that WannaCry ransomware attack was from North Korea

North Korean hackers are allegedly behind the widespread ransomware attack that hit the UK's National Health Service, affecting computers and hospitals and doctors' offices last month, according to the BBC

The hackers belong to a group known as Lazarus, who is believed to have targeted Sony Pictures in 2014 as it planned to release the movie The Interview.

SEE ALSO: Step inside the secretive class that turns people into hackers

They used a ransomware program called WannaCry which hit multiple countries across the globe, locking up computers and ransoming access in exchange for large Bitcoin payments.  Read more...

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