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Equifax data breach hits nearly half of US – and isn't over yet

8 September 2017

“Horrendous” hack of Equifax, a US firm responsible for millions of people’s credit ratings, is not the biggest in US history, but the data is the most sensitive
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Ransomware attack hits 200,000 computers across the globe

15 May 2017

The ransomware software, which hit hospitals in the UK particularly severely, is thought to be based upon a spying tool stolen from the US National Security earlier this year

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