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June 28, 2017

Hackers Launch Attack Using Cyberweapons Stolen from NSA
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An international cyberattack struck computers in Ukraine, Australia and
the United States Tuesday, in the latest instance of hackers unleashing
an attack using a cyberweapon stolen from the National Security Agency.
The cyberattack shut down the radiation monitoring systems at the
Chernobyl nuclear plant, stopped dozens of Ukrainian ATMs from working,
and affected companies' computer systems worldwide, from a U.S. drug
manufacturer to a Danish shipping company to an Australian chocolate
factory. The telecommunications company IDT said, "The N.S.A. needs to
take a leadership role in working closely with security and operating
system platform vendors such as Apple and Microsoft to address the
plague that they've unleashed."