The WannaCry hackers have started cashing out

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Back in May, the WannaCry ransomware hit businesses, hospitals, and even national infrastructure across the globe. Ransomware like WannaCry encrypts your files and holds them hostage, demanding payment in Bitcoin before the encrypted files will be released.

The authors of WannaCry have been slowly collecting money from victims for months, and thanks to the magic of Bitcoin, we can tell that they've started to cash out.

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