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From the Reuters article: > "Because Voccola's firm was in the process of fixing a vulnerability in the software that was exploited by the hackers when the ransomware attack was executed, some information security professionals have speculated that the hackers might've been monitoring his company's communications from the inside."

They might have rushed to exploit it before it was closed. Plus the long weekend. Or competitive pressure to exploit before someone else gets there first.