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Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea by shitlord on Thursday June 15, 2017 @04:48AM (#14558799)
> Blame it on the boogeyman du jour and have the media present it to the masses as ironclad evidence

It says right in the article that the assessment was "issued internally last week and has not been made public". Until it's made public, it's unreasonable to expect them to provide evidence.

> government infrastructure That's not really their responsibility

> power grid That's the private sector's job. Congress has to yell at the industry to get them to do it[1]. Yet they still fail [2].

I don't trust the NSA either, but come on, be reasonable. If everyone just rambled incoherently, they would overshadow the legitimate complaints.

[1]: http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2008/05/hill-regulatory... [2]: http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/261310-congress-stru...

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Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea by throwaway-1209 on Thursday June 15, 2017 @05:11AM (#14558862)
It has been "made public", since we, the public, are talking about it here. If it was some BS government agency, I'd assume the leak wasn't intentional, but with NSA I choose to assume otherwise, for obvious reasons.

>> that's not their responsibility

Then what the fuck are my taxes paying for? Weaponized zero days that leak out from there on a regular basis? Mass wiretapping? Undermining democratically elected government?

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