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How “wannacry” trended on Hacker News

“Wannacry” was mentioned 860 times on Hacker News between 2017 and 2026, peaking in Apr 2017 with 234 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “wannacry” appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Top Hacker News stories about “wannacry”

1. 1.Arrest of WannaCry researcher sends chill through security community 664 points · 334 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con 567 points · 254 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Tim Cook’s refusal to help FBI hack iPhone is validated by ‘WannaCry’ attack 450 points · 180 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Doxing the hero who stopped WannaCry was irresponsible and dumb 442 points · 107 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
5. 5.WannaCry in-memory key recovery for Windows XP 317 points · 90 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the hacker who stopped the WannaCry attack 294 points · 64 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
7. 7.WannaCry – New Variants Detected 265 points · 159 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
8. 8.The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea 237 points · 233 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Cisco's Talos team analysis of WannaCry worm 179 points · 66 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
10. 10.New SMB Worm Uses Seven NSA Hacking Tools, whilst WannaCry Used Just Two 167 points · 59 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
11. 11.WannaCry – The largest ransom-ware infection in history 138 points · 76 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
12. 12.WannaCry ransomware bitcoins move from online wallets 118 points · 137 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN

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