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How a ransomware attack caused a British company to go bust
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A ransomware attack was so severe in disrupting a company's operation that its owners had to file for bankruptcy
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The black-and-white message flickering across computer screens sparked panic at Knights of Old, a 158-year-old British delivery company: “If you’re reading this, it means the internal infrastructure of your company is fully or partially dead.”
Knights’ network for managing trucks was down. So was the system for booking payments.
