Global ransomware attack hits Russian Interior Ministry

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The Russian Interior Ministry has been hit by the massive cyberattack disrupting computers around the world on Friday.

Roughly 1,000 computers running Microsoft Windows were effected, less than 1 percent of all computers used by the minister, spokeswoman Irina Volk said according to Russian-state media.

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