Wannacry culprits withdraw ransom money

Tom Wright
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Twitter bot reveals the amount of ransoms paid and the sum raked in by the unknown perpetrators

Money paid out by victims of the Wannacry ransomware pandemic has been withdrawn, with a Twitter bot tracking the wallets flagging up activity last night. The Wannacry attack in May saw end user...

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