Why Was the Wanna Cry Attack Such a Big Deal

On Friday, May 12th, 2017, the ransomware program WannaCry started spreading to computers all over the world at an alarming rate. A couple days later, it was basically completely contained with very little damage done. So what happened Hosted by: Hank Green Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporterswe couldn t make SciShow without them Shout out to Kevin, Bealer, Mark TerrioCameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Sultan Alkhulaifi, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet Facebook: Twitter: Tumblr: Instagram: Sources: