The story is overblown.
The ransomware in question uses a known and patched vulnerability meaning that if you are a sensible person who patches his OS on time you are safe.
The dependency argument against say Microsoft would work only if this was a zero-day or some other kind of serious stuff.
This is not the first time this (ie a malware that uses a known and patched for vulnerability gets released) and it would not be the last one, as it exploits human laziness and stupidity (not patching on time).
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