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Global ransomware attack reinforces message of Trump's new cybersecurity order

  • Written by Frank J. Cilluffo, Director, Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, George Washington University
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A cyberattack is sweeping the world, infecting thousands of computers and demanding their owners pay a ransom or risk losing all their data. The threat, which has affected the FedEx shipping company, several hospitals in the UK, a major Spanish telecommunications company, and many...

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