{"id":9170,"date":"2017-05-19T19:41:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T23:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=9170"},"modified":"2017-05-19T19:41:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T23:41:50","slug":"is-microsoft-to-blame-for-wannacry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2017\/05\/19\/is-microsoft-to-blame-for-wannacry\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Microsoft to Blame for WannaCry?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qsj4cX2aYxg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation 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