The reaction of social networks to the main hacker attack of the spring The ransomware attack on tens of thousands of computers around the world has become the most notable incident involving hackers in recent months: not only ordinary users were infected, but also hospitals, police stations and MegaFon offices. The virus, hitting the computer, encrypts the data on it and demands a ransom from the victim - that's why it is called a ransomware virus.

Channel One, when translating the third season of the American TV series Fargo, removed references to Russia and President Vladimir Putin from the characters' replicas. A Meduza reader drew attention to this. At the time of writing, four out of ten episodes of the season have aired. Russia and Putin are mentioned only in two of them: the second and the fourth.

The US Attorney's Office reached an agreement with Prevezon Holdings, which was accused of laundering money from Russia by buying real estate in America. The firm will pay authorities $5.9 million in damages. This is only three percent of what the prosecutor's office demanded initially. Prevezon Holdings is owned by Denis Katsyv, son of Petr Katsyv, Vice President of Russian Railways. She is registered in Cyprus.

Ruslan Alkhanov, the head of the Chechen department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, said that his department had checked media publications about the persecution of gays in the republic and could not confirm a single fact.

In several regions of Russia, they stopped issuing driver's licenses, TASS reports, citing a source. Drivers were unable to obtain documents in St. Petersburg, Tatarstan, Novosibirsk and Karelia, specifies Gazeta.ru . Readers of Meduza also encountered problems in Rostov-on-Don and the Moscow region. On May 12, the computers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were infected with a ransomware virus - the same one that hit tens of thousands of computers around the world.

Microsoft has released updates for operating systems that are no longer supported to stop the spread of the WannaCrypt ransomware virus. The update has been released, including for Windows XP, the operating system of 2001, although it has not been supported for three years . The update can be downloaded here . A post on Microsoft's website called the release of updates for older systems a "very unusual" move. Indeed, support for Windows XP was announced in April 2014.

The state company Russian Railways has reported a “virus attack” on its IT infrastructure. “The virus is currently localized, technical work is underway to destroy it and update anti-virus protection,” the company said. Russian Railways did not say what kind of virus they are talking about. Probably about the ransomware virus that spread around the world on May 12th. “Transportation of passengers and cargo is carried out in working mode,” the company noted.

In Barnaul, on the night of May 13, the car fell off the bridge onto the railway tracks. The accident happened on Kalinin Avenue. As a result, four people who were in the car were injured: a man and three women. One 41-year-old woman subsequently died in hospital . The video of lifting the car shows that it is a taxi car. However, local residents write that at the time of the accident she was not driving on a call.

Autobiography Granaha and Roman Walles Stegner The Literary critic of “Medusa” Galina Yuzefovich talks about two good books that have been published for a long time in the original language, but first published in Russian only now: Alexander Granah’s autobiography “Here is a man” and the novel by Wallace Stegner “will remain with me”. Alexander Grana. Here is a man. St. Petersburg: Publishing House of Ivan Lumbach, 2017. Translation by K.

The football player from the Swiss team Pui scored a goal with a spectacular blow in the fall through himself. True, in their own goal. The goalkeeper of the team lost the blow. Guardian Football Defender Scores Stunning Overhead Kick ... Own Goal - Video On May 3, the Pui football club played with the Renan team in the semifinals of the Swiss canton Cup.

The minimum price for vodka has increased in Russia. Since May 13, a half-liter bottle costs 205 rubles. In addition, the government raised the price of cognac. A bottle of 0.5 liters will cost no less than 371 rubles. At the same time, the cost of purchasing from the manufacturer also increased. If earlier a half-liter bottle of vodka cost 165 rubles, now it will cost 173 rubles, the wholesale price has increased by 2.3%.

Young fans of Spartak about the first club championship in their memory Photo: Evgeny Feldman On Saturday, May 13, Moscow Spartak plays the first match in the status of Russian football champion in the 2016-2017 season. Championship fans have been waiting for 16 years. Since 2001, a whole generation of fans grew up who did not see a single championship, while in the 1990s Spartak reigned in Russian football and won the first out of ten championships.

The spread of the WannaCrypt ransomware virus was stopped by registering the iuqerfsodp9ifjaposdfjhgosurijfaewrwergwea.com domain. The security specialist who tweets @MalwareTechBlog discovered that the virus was accessing this domain for some reason and decided to register it in order to monitor the program's activity. As it turned out later, the virus code said that if the access to this domain is successful, then the infection should be stopped; if not, then continue.

Ultra -short reviews (140 signs!) From Anton Valley On Saturdays, “Medusa” comes out ultra -short reviews - about 140 signs each - from Anton Valley, who talk about the main premieres of the week and help to navigate the rental. Since May 11, Russian cinemas show the films “Away” by Jordan saw, “The Sword of King Arthur” Guy Richie, “Big” Valery Todorovsky and “Honorary Citizen” Gaston Dupra and Mariano Kon.

Photo: Gleb Garanich / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta On May 13, the Eurovision 2017 final will be held in Kyiv. For the first time since 2000, Russia has not participated in the final-because of Ukraine’s refusal to launch singer Julia Samoilov to the competition. The competition will not show Russian television, although the representative of Bulgaria Christian Kostov, which has grown in Moscow, takes part in it (he has both Russian and Bulgarian citizenship).