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Of the mountains and rivers already written about this, in:

<https://www.theguardian.com/society/live/2017/may/12/england-hospitals-cyber-attack-nhs-live-updates>

I found near the bottom (top-post reverse chronology!) a link to analysis:

'Accidental hero' halts ransomware attack and warns: this is not over

<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/13/accidental-hero-finds-kill-switch-to-stop-spread-of-ransomware-cyber-attack>

but only the first article above had the direct link to the source post:

How to Accidentally Stop a Global Cyber Attacks

<https://www.malwaretech.com/2017/05/how-to-accidentally-stop-a-global-cyber-attacks.html>

which I found, despite an abused plural in the title, totally awesome!

Enjoy, Ian