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An alert researcher, teamwork helped stem huge cyberattack

May 14, 2017

LONDON (AP) -- The cyberattack that spread malicious software around the world, shutting down networks at hospitals, banks and government agencies, was thwarted by a young British researcher and an inexpensive domain registration, with help from another 20-something security engineer in the U.S....

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