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Reference 69 is a malicious website

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

ttps://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.antiy.net%2Fp%2Fin-depth-analysis-report-on-wannacry-ransomware%2F

83.249.122.50 (talk) 11:08, 25 October 2017 (UTC)Reply

Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The list of hacked organisations lists the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. However, citation 141, which is used for the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, cites a cybernetic attack that was sent as a fake message from NATO. While the date of the cited article corresponds with the WannaCry attack, the article does not mention WannaCry and does not mention ransomware at all. Furthermore, a Google search does not show any evidence of the virus being WannaCry.

Scarletwill (talk) 09:13, 8 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Possible change to a sentence in paragraph one

Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I'd like to change sentence 5 of paragraph 1. "These patches were imperative to an organization's cyber-security but many were not applied because of neglect, ignorance, mismanagement, or a misunderstanding about their importance." The information is good but it is phrased a little oddly. I think a shorter sentence might be more clear. For example we could do something like: "These patches were imperative to organizations' cyber security but many were not implemented due to general ignorance of their importance."

If anyone has other suggestions or thinks the current phrasing is good, please reply! Thanks, Its choosday innit (talk) 22:54, 13 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

minecraft reportedly immune

Latest comment: 3 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

according to an anecdote by @ ipodgirl in the youtube comments of a NationSquid video(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv_jsxTOplk&list=TLPQMTQxMTIwMjUt6e2q2yMmdA&index=3), minecraft files weren't locked and wannacry uninstalled itself

UncreativUsernam (talk) 04:51, 14 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

We can't use that as source FortnitePhillipa (talk) 02:22, 11 August 2026 (UTC)Reply