‘Do not pay ransomware hackers’


PETALING JAYA: An IT security expert is advising victims of the WannaCry attack not to pay the ransom to have their data released.

“There is no guarantee you will get your files back and you shouldn’t support criminals,” C.F. Fong, foun­der of security services company LGMS, told The Star.

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