"North Korea May Be Linked To WannaCry Ransomware, Researchers Say"

May 16, 20177:59 AM ET

Bill Chappell

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A hacking group linked to North Korea has used code that's identical to some of the malware used in the WannaCry attack, security researchers say. Here, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is seen visiting a factory, in an image released from North Korea's official news agency.

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"The WannaCry ransomware that attacked computers in 150 countries has lines of code that are identical to work by hackers known as the Lazarus Group, according to security experts. The Lazarus hackers have been linked to North Korea, raising suspicions that the nation could be responsible for the attack.

"The connection was made by Google security researcher Neel Mehta, who pointed out similarities between WannaCry and malware used by Lazarus, the group that has been blamed for the Sony Pictures hack of 2014 and for stealing millions of dollars from a Bangladeshi bank in 2016.

"After Mehta highlighted the elements in the code, other researchers confirmed similarities that early versions of WannaCry — also called WannaCrypt, Wana Decryptor or WCry — shared with malware tools used by Lazarus."

Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/16/528587064/north-korea-may-be-linked-to-wannacry-ransomware-researchers-say 


When the hell is Trump going to squash this bug?  Again, drop one of those mother of all bombs on  Pyongyang.  If they attempt to retaliate, destroy them, and unite the Koreas again.  I'll bet the majority of North Koreans will be shocked to learn the truth.

Take this clown off of the world stage.