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Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea by doktrin on Thursday June 15, 2017 @05:42AM (#14558979)
> Now, the enemy that "we have always been at war with" ... is attacking us with secret cyber weapons that only a domain expert with highly specialized experience could even recognize, much less qualify.

WannaCry is a wormable implementation of a leaked NSA exploit. Maybe not "trivial", but this wasn't exactly Stuxnet.

I frankly don't share the knee-jerk skepticism of many in this comment section, and certainly not based on the DPRK's alleged incompetence : this attack is well within their capability.

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Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea by dsfyu404ed on Thursday June 15, 2017 @08:43AM (#14559821)
>this attack is well within their capability

And the asymmetric nature of cyber warfare is a perfect fit for a small, marginalized state looking to destabilize everyone else.

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Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea by wu-ikkyu on Thursday June 15, 2017 @11:53AM (#14561531)
Is skepticism not inherently necessary when it comes to securing computer systems?
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