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WannaCry Ransomware

What is WannaCry and how does ransomware work? Ransomware is a kind of cyber attack that involves hackers taking control of a computer system and blocking access to it until a ransom is paid. Ref. Source 2v.

Ransomware WannaCry

This has affected so many countries and so many institutions. What the NSA has developed has come back to haunt them and destroy the world's technology. Execs are saying that there needs to be limits of cyber attacks by imposing rules of engagement as if someone is going to listen to that.

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Hunter,

Spot with your last sentence. No one is going to listen for fear the the other side, whoever the other side is, will abide by the rules.

Ransomware WannaCry

Guy who unknowingly stopped the cyber attack. A 22-year-old surfer who works from home has been hailed as the man who accidentially saved the world from the spread of the global cyber attack. Ref. Source 8y.

Ransomware WannaCry

NSA says it was not origin of ransomware that hit Microsoft's Windows. The National Security Agency has an answer to Microsoft blaming it for the attack that hit 150 countries. Ref. USAToday.

WannaCry Ransomware

I would expect this would be NSA's response one way or the other. I mean do you think they'd say, oh yeah, sorry, it was us, oops.

WannaCry Ransomware

Ransomware attack is why we can't have security backdoors, say privacy advocates. Cybertools allegedly stolen from the NSA were used to craft the WannaCry ransomware. Ref. Source 5q.

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Yes, I see their point here. No matter how well yo try to conceal a backdoor, someone will eventually find it. More, if that back door leaks out for any reason it could be a catastrophe.