The Department of Justice has taken its first legal action against North Korea’s cybercrimes, in a massive complaint made public Thursday. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b914dd531da9d2dd4095014/master/pass/nkhackers_191781385926.jpg
Tag: WannaCry
The FCC’s Fake DDoS Attack, WannaCry Hits an Apple Supplier, and More Security News This Week
The PGA Tour gets hit with ransomware, Wikileaks says the US Senate wants a word, and more. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b6dddfbfb5fd052de317492/master/pass/AjitPai.jpg
WannaCry Hero Marcus Hutchins’ New Legal Woes Spell Trouble for White Hat Hackers
By expanding the case against Marcus Hutchins, the Department of Justice has signaled a troubling interpretation of cybersecurity law. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b19bde5ed19ac11dee5d2a2/master/pass/Marcus-Hutchins_809550676-w.jpg
'Hero' hacker who shut down WannaCry faces 4 more charges, including lying to FBI
Marcus Hutchins, the hacker who stopped the WannaCry ransomware and was arrested by the FBI soon after, accused of creating and distributing malware himself, has asked for donations to cover legal costs as he faces more charges. The updated indictment was filed with the Wisconsin Eastern District Court earlier this week. It complements the original […]
Hacker who stopped WannaCry, indicted for malware, gave a forced confession – defense team
Published time: 8 Jan, 2018 04:11 Lawyers for a hacker who stopped the WannaCry ransomware that paralyzed computers around the world and almost brought the NHS to its knees, says he was coerced into confessing to spreading malware, being tired and intoxicated. Marcus Hutchins, 23, was arrested in Las Vegas airport after attending the annual […]
‘Show us the evidence’: N. Korea invites US to prove Pyongyang’s WannaCry connection
Published time: 26 Dec, 2017 07:42 North Korea has demanded the US provide evidence to support its claims that the WannaCry ransomware attack was engineered by Pyongyang. The attack crippled 200,000 computers in 150 countries earlier in 2017. Washington’s allegations are merely a “baseless provocation” used to generate tensions between the countries, Pak Song Il, […]
U.S. blames North Korea for WannaCry ransomware attack
(Reuters) — The Trump administration has publicly blamed North Korea for unleashing the so-called WannaCry cyber attack that crippled hospitals, banks and other companies across the globe earlier this year. “The attack was widespread and cost billions, and North Korea is directly responsible,” Tom Bossert, homeland security adviser to President Donald Trump, wrote in a […]
‘Basic IT security’ could have prevented UK NHS WannaCry attack
England’s National Health Service (NHS) could have avoided the ransomware hack that crippled its systems in May, according to a government report. “Basic IT security” was all that was required to prevent the “unsophisticated” WannaCry attack, which affected more than a third of NHS organizations, said the National Audit Office (NAO). The full scale of […]
N. Korea stole cyber tools from NSA, carried out WannaCry ransomware attack – Microsoft chief
Published time: 14 Oct, 2017 12:22 The head of Microsoft accused North Korea of carrying out the WannaCry cyberattack which crippled 200,000 computers in 150 countries earlier in 2017. Pyongyang used “cyber tools or weapons stolen from the NSA,” the company’s president believes. Microsoft President Brad Smith told ITV that he believed “with great confidence” […]
Researchers say WannaCry operator moved bitcoins to “untraceable” Monero
Enlarge (credit: Monero) When the master or masters of the WannaCry cryptoransomware worm emptied the bitcoin wallets associated with the malware earlier this week, they apparently did so to make future movement of the funds more anonymous. According to researchers at the Italian information security firm Neutrino, the bitcoin were exchanged for XMR, the “untraceable” […]
