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Over the last year, when we've talked on this show about hacking and hackers, we've usually

been talking about ransomware, holding data and services hostage for money.

A suspected cyber attack has forced a major energy pipeline in the US to shut down operations.

It was ransomware that shut down the colonial pipeline, the world's largest meat supplier,

cybercrime is hitting US hospitals, and countless schools, hospitals, and small businesses.

Stealing private data and holding it for ransom so far.

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