Global cyber-attack: Security blogger halts ransomware 'by accident' - BBC News

The 22-year-old UK researcher tells how he stopped a global cyber-attack by spending £8. A UK security researcher has told the BBC how he "accidentally" halted the spread of the malicious ransomware that has affected hundreds of organisations, including the UK's NHS. The 22-year-old man, known by the pseudonym MalwareTech, had taken a week off work, but decided to investigate the ransomware after hearing about the global cyber-attack. He managed to bring the spread to a halt when he found what appeared to be a "kill switch" in the rogue software's code.
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