An IT researcher stands next to a giant screen of a computer infected by ransomware at the LHS (High Security Laboratory) of the INRIA (National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation) in Rennes, France. Photo: AFP An IT researcher stands next to a giant screen of a computer infected by ransomware at the LHS (High Security Laboratory) of the INRIA (National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation) in Rennes, France. Photo: AFP
An IT researcher stands next to a giant screen of a computer infected by ransomware at the LHS (High Security Laboratory) of the INRIA (National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation) in Rennes, France. Photo: AFP
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Unnatural disaster: Lloyd’s says big cyber-attack could cost world economy US$120b, as much as Hurricane Katrina

Topic |   Computer hackers
The Guardian
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Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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An IT researcher stands next to a giant screen of a computer infected by ransomware at the LHS (High Security Laboratory) of the INRIA (National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation) in Rennes, France. Photo: AFP An IT researcher stands next to a giant screen of a computer infected by ransomware at the LHS (High Security Laboratory) of the INRIA (National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation) in Rennes, France. Photo: AFP
An IT researcher stands next to a giant screen of a computer infected by ransomware at the LHS (High Security Laboratory) of the INRIA (National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation) in Rennes, France. Photo: AFP
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