A lock screen from a cyber attack warns that data files have been encrypted on a laptop computer in this arranged photo in London, U.K., on Monday, May 15, 2017. Governments and companies around the world began to gain the upper hand against the first wave of an unrivaled global cyberattack, even as the assault was poised to continue claiming victims this week. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
FRANKFURT: French researchers said on May 19 they had found a last-chance way for technicians to save Windows files encrypted by WannaCry, racing against a deadline as the ransomware threatens to start locking up victims' computers first infected a week ago.
WannaCry, which started to sweep round the globe May 19 and has infected more than 300,000 computers in 150 nations, threatens to lock out victims who have not paid a sum of US$300 (RM1,292.10) to US$600 (RM2,584.20) within one week of infection.
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