From AI to WannaCry: The year in tech
It was the year that ransomware made the mainstream, talking to cylinders became normal and crypto-currencies exploded – and that’s just on this planet. Emmet Ryan looks back at the topics that shaped 2017 in the world of technology
WannaCry
On a sleepy weekend last May, everything started to go a bit crazy. WannaCry almost crippled the National Health Service in Britain and left businesses across the world scrambling to try to protect themselves.
Ransomware had been on the radar of IT security professionals for about three years before WannaCry, but it took this huge global attack to bring the threat to the attention of the masses. Ransomware ...