7 Things You Need to Know About the WannaCry Ransomware

The WannaCry ransomware has taken the world by storm since Friday when it first started to wreak havoc on organizations including FedEx, Telefonica, and many others, until a cybersecurity researcher from the U.K. – known only as MalwareTech – found and inadvertently activated a kill switch in the software, effectively stopping the spread of the virus. 

Here are 7 things you need to know about WannaCry. Click through the slideshow for more.