Huge Ransomware Attack Stopped by Accident: What to Do

UPDATED 9 a.m. EDT Saturday with the information that the attack has been stopped, and that Microsoft has released patches for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 to protect against this strain of ransomware.Also corrected to state that WikiLeaks was not involved in release of NSA exploit code behind this attack.A massive ransomware attack spread across the globe Friday (May 12), with reports of computer systems being locked up in Russia, Western Europe, East Asia and North America.