It’s been an interesting week in the world of cyber Security as we’ve watched the Wannacry ransomware outbreak burst into mainstream attention. All Crucial clients with Windows services have been notified and hand-checked by our SysAdmin team. WE STRONGLY URGE ALL CUSTOMERS USING WINDOWS COMPUTERS AT HOME TO ENSURE THEIR SYSTEM IS UP TO DATE. This particular vulnerability was patched by Microsoft in March 2017, which they provided via Windows Updates. If your computer is completely up to date, there should be no cause for concern. WannaCry can stop you from using any affected Windows Desktop PC or Windows Server, or prevent you from accessing your data. It has worm-like characteristics and targets PCs which do not have the latest security updates. Typically, ransomware is defined as: “a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a..

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