Posted Jul. 9, 2012 at 4:22 p.m.
Hackers
The malware took over computers around the world more than a year ago -- but for the past eight months, the FBI has been running Internet servers as a temporary safety net to keep the infected computers online. Those servers were shut down last night.
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Hackers
The malware took over computers around the world more than a year ago -- but for the past eight months, the FBI has been running Internet servers as a temporary safety net to keep the infected computers online. Those servers were shut down last night.
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