The initial attack, known as “WannaCry,” paralyzed computers that run Britain’s hospital network, Germany’s national railway and scores of other companies and government agencies worldwide in what was believed to be the biggest online extortion scheme ever recorded.
Microsoft took aim at the U.S. government for “stockpiling” software code that was used by unknown hackers to launch the attacks.
“An equivalent scenario with conventional weapons would be the U.S. military having some of its Tomahawk missiles stolen,” attorney Brad Smith wrote on Microsoft’s blog.
Ryan Kalember, senior vice president at Proofpoint Inc., which helped stop its spread, said the version without a kill …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
