No one could prevent another ‘WannaCry-style’ attack, says DHS official

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<p>The US government may not be able to prevent another global cyber attack like wannacry, a senior cybersecurity official said.<br>Jeanette Manfra, assistant director of cybersecurity at the National Security Agency for Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security (CISA), said on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF that the 2017 WannaCry cyber attack, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of computers around the world being infected with ransomware, was a unique problem because it spread so quickly.<br></p>