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cyber experts say that it is malware originating in russia, which has infected more than 700,000 computers worldwide. this operation is going to protect our country and our economy immensely. reporter: qakbot infected computers through booby trapped emails containing malicious links. once infected, a victim computer became part of a vast network used by cyber criminals to commit financial fraud or deploy ransomware. ransomware is booming. u.s. banks process nearly $1.2 billion in ransomware payments in 2021. recent targets included hospital chain prospect medical holdings, which was forced to shut down some hospital services after it was hacked by a ransomware group that stole patient data. and even tried too sell it on te dark web. this is a terrorist attack, as far as i m concerned. reporter: frank marsella is an emergency room nurse at

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