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    The only way to stop another WannaCry is with regulations

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    Devindra Hardawar
    Devindra Hardawar
    07.08.2017

    It's been one week since the newest (and therefore scariest) cyberattack, which caused pandemonium across Ukraine and Russia before spreading to other countries. But that came only a few weeks after the WannaCry ransomware targeted Windows XP machines worldwide, which infamously held data from the UK's National Health Service hostage. You might think we've entered a new era of cyberattacks, one that could threaten all of the machines in your home and every internet-connected service you rely on.