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A comment on Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the hacker who stopped the WannaCry attack.

Re:Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the hacker who stopped th... by killswitched on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @01:36PM (#23156900)
Why wouldn’t the wannacry malware writers register the domain first? Should be possible to simply update the name servers or dns records should the kill switch need to be engaged?
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Re:Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the hacker who stopped th... by derrikcurran on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @08:48AM (#23166331)
Perhaps it wasn't a kill switch but rather a way to exempt certain organizations or countries from the effects of the malware.
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