In May, there was a global cyberattack, called WannaCry, which paralyzed computers in over 150 countries.  While a kill switch has been activated for the major variant of the virus, there are other variants being circulated that have no kill switch.

The WannaCry virus is a type of malware called ransomware.  It comes via email or through suspicious websites.  Once you click the link, open the email attachment, or visit the infected website, the WannaCry virus goes through your computer and your network connections to all network files and locks or encrypts them so that you are not able to access them.  The most frightening aspect of the WannaCry virus is that once it's on a network, it specifically seeks out Windows machines that have not received the proper patch.