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After ransomware "WannaCry" hacked as many as 200,000 computers worldwide, Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs invited Patriarch Kirill to bless its computers.
After ransomware "WannaCry" hacked as many as 200,000 computers worldwide, Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs invited Patriarch Kirill to bless its computers. Photo courtesy of English Russia via Twitter

鱿鱼视频apps fight 'WannaCry' ransomware virus with holy water

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  • May 17, 2017

MOSCOW, Russia 鈥� After malware hacked as many as 200,000 computers throughout the world, the 鱿鱼视频apps have an idea: blessing the computers with holy water.

The most recent attacks have been through a form of ransomware called 鈥淲annaCry鈥�, which is malicious software that locks up a person鱿鱼视频app data and demands, either through a pop-up window or e-mail, that a ransom be paid or else the data will be destroyed.

The cyberattacks have largely targeted hospitals, academic institutions and large businesses like blue chip companies or movie theaters in more than 150 countries throughout the world, including in China, Japan, India and the U.K.

Russia was among one of the worst-hit countries in the attack.

Part of their solution? Invite Patriarch Kirill of the 鱿鱼视频app Orthodox Church to bless computers and servers with holy water.

In a photo shared by @EnglishRussia1 on Twitter, Patriarch Kirill can be seen blessing the computers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in hopes to protect them from the WannaCry virus. The 鱿鱼视频app Orthodox Church has close political ties with the 鱿鱼视频app government, making Patriarch Kirill as strong a political figurehead as a religious one in the country.

Like the Catholic Church, the 鱿鱼视频app Orthodox Church has a blessing for just about anything, including horses, spaceships and swimming pools.

The Catholic Book of Blessings includes the Order for the Blessing of Technical Installations or Equipment, or the Order for the Blessing of Tools or Other Equipment for Work. Either could be used as a blessing for a computer.

St. Isidore of Seville is often invoked in the Catholic Church as the patron saint of computers, computer users and the internet, because during his life he created the 鈥楨tymologies' (a type of dictionary), and gave his work a structure similar to that of the database.

Aside from prayer and holy water, tech experts recommend avoiding cyberattacks by keeping computer software up to date, installing anti-virus software, and avoiding suspicious e-mails or pop-ups.

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