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Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea by DennisP on Thursday June 15, 2017 @08:01AM (#14559533)
I can think of some motivations:

- NK is developing longer-range ICBMs, and relations with the US have been deteriorating; recently, in response to a Trump tweet, NK threatened to drop a nuke on NYC [1]. Nobody in the administration is going to complain if NK takes a propaganda hit.

- The NSA has been taking a lot of blame for WannaCry, and pointing fingers at NK diverts some of that blame.

[1] http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-attack-new-york-nuclear-...

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Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea by josteink on Thursday June 15, 2017 @08:14AM (#14559656)
> The NSA has been taking a lot of blame for WannaCry, and pointing fingers at NK diverts some of that blame.

Which is the exact reason I wouldn't trust any NSA-provided news about the origins of WannaCry more than I trust an average warez-site.

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