Baltimore, Maryland suffered a severe malware attacks. Attack lasted nearly three weeks, making it impossible to use government computers and e-mail, and real estate sales and disrupted water and other services.
Hackers use hacking tools NSA made some devastating attacks, such as WannaCry and NotPetya. "Eternal Blue" has permeated millions of systems worldwide, there is now the seat of the US National Security Agency headquarters in Baltimore. The tool uses an unpatched system that allows an attacker to gain access to the system, and using malicious software to take over other systems on the network. May 7, cybercriminals attacked Baltimore, close to the local government's computer network, and requires the government to pay $ 100,000 worth of Bitcoin.
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