The first sign that the world had been afflicted by one of the worst cyber-attacks in history came in a relatively innocent message: “Oops, your important files are encrypted.” It almost sounds accidental; it was not. The attack began on the morning of June 27 in Ukraine and quickly spread across the globe, infecting systems in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom, Australia and the United States.
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An officer of the Ukrainian Cyberpolice Department works in an office in the department building in Kyiv on June 29.
