>A fast-moving and aggressive global cyberattack has already affected almost 100 countries and hit the Asia region badly. >Attley Ng, senior vice president of NSFOCUS Asia Pacific aid: “China was hit very hard. The attack was very widespread resulting in an almost complete paralysis of systems there.” >Experts said the ransomware appeared to have stemmed from software stolen from the US’s intelligence gathering National Security Agency. >Michael Gazeley, managing director of local cybersecurity service provider Network Box, said: “Hong Kong will get absolutely hammered by this attack. This attack is global and it’s only going to get worse as the virus is evolving.” >“This is happening just before a weekend in Asia. By Monday, someone will go back to work, click a link on an email, and wipe out the company.”
tl;dr: Massive Cyberattack happened before the Weekend with tools stolen from the NSA. Governments and companies around the world get infected.
This will go back into full happeningmode in a few hours.
I can't believe that probably some stupid script kiddie just stole the tool, put his bitcoin address on it and is making millions with this as we speak. So simple.
Asher Bailey
Why can't one happening hurt (((them)))?
Elijah Jenkins
Good, I hope every unsecure microshaft wangblowz system gets infected, if the companies have proper backup disaster recovery systems like they should it's not a problem. If they don't have accessible backups, sucks for them, that's their fault. Those that are competent enough to properly secure themselves will survive, those that aren't will be rightfully wiped out of business.
Austin Lewis
Sup Forums has been talking about this nonstop for the past couple of days. The patch for this has been out since March. The only people getting affected are people who still run XP (a new XP patch was released recently fixing it) and computers who are missing the security updates. It is mainly being spread through e-mail but I have seen reports that it is on Yahoo ads as well (similar to the Forbes stuff) and via SMB and port 455.
Jose Lopez
fuck off. a lot of the targets have been hospitals, not competitive companies
Hunter Murphy
what is pic related. was it stopped before it hit usa bigly?
Noah Scott
Possibly. There are computers in the States affected. Maybe Americans just have better security? Idk.
William Clark
Guys, this was one of the gayest 'world wide cyber attacks' ever. THEY LITERALLY SENT AN EMAIL LINK. COME ON. This wasn't sophisticated at all. ANYONE COULD HAVE DONE THIS. I COULD HAVE DONE THIS AND I BARELY KNOW HOW TO CODE 'HELLO WORLD' INTO PYTHON. (Obviously exaggerating, but still.)
Aiden Gray
they are reporting it, BZZZZZZZ this is a psyop against whistleblowers if you want to blame someone blame microsoft (for not pushing a patch like 1 day after disclosure) and the users for not updating/or-clicking to random shit how fuckin hard is it to take a click seriously?
Jace Fisher
(((They))) plan the happenings
Only odd random events can hurt them, but they plan most of the larger ones that get massive coverage.
Nathan Ortiz
>This wasn't sophisticated at all >ANYONE COULD HAVE DONE THIS >I COULD HAVE DONE THIS then why didn't you
Jose Flores
Gee I wonder who could be behind this
Dominic Miller
Hospitals are competitive companies, at least here in America where we aren't socialists. Yeah, sucks for those hospitals, also sucks that they are incompetent and not prepared.
Nolan Kelly
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Tyler Bennett
Cybersec expert from the UK detected that the ransomeware was constantly trying to contact a domain. It was still free so he bought and actived it, and it actived a sort of killswitch for the spreader of the virus.
The problem is now that whoever was responsible for this will just throw out a new version, this time without the killswitch.
Hunter Collins
...What sort of question is that? Why would I want to do that?
Nicholas Hernandez
it actually was the norks
Grayson Green
And then it tries to change the bitcoin into dollars and the next day wakes up with a swat team member's gun in his face.
Bentley Murphy
>i may or may not have clicked the link
Owen Robinson
luckily they are way smarter than you and wouldn't be that stupid
Aaron Ward
This has been pretty great. Suck it, Russia!
>NSA code "leaked" >"Stolen" NSA code used in cyberattack that hits Russia hardest >It must have been unknown hackers and certainly not the NSA after plausible deniability was created...
Hahahahahaahahahahahaahahahhahaahahaha!!!!!
Jack Wilson
>Why can't one happening hurt (((them)))?
They plan ahead of time.
This because of a tatic that MUST be done called creeping incrementalism, or as people usually say the "boiling frog story" The boiling frog story, is that story where you have a frog at the frying pan and you gradually increase the heat to make sure the frog dont feel it.
This means they need to plan stuff decades or years earlier and already planned how to get out of it.
This is why Sup Forums and other places can somehow predict the future, thats because people know their plans, and since they have enought power their plans WILL become a reality in the future.
Also >Why can't one happening hurt (((them)))? If we lived in a totally free world, the technology advancements we would get from it and etc.... would help them more. But they prefer to be a big fish in a small pond to be a medium fish in sea
Bentley Johnson
>Bonzi Buddy You deserve whatever you get
Logan Price
>if you want to blame someone blame microsoft (for not pushing a patch like 1 day after disclosure) it's been patched long before any windows system got infected those infected just didn't install the update
Jacob Cooper
anonymous strikes again
Dominic Price
what is a bitcoin mixer?
Kayden Carter
NK is oddly uneffected...
Samuel Allen
The virus cannot affect the Red Star OS which is what NK computers run.
Logan Collins
WINKEKS BTFO
Nicholas Barnes
>hacker >inconspicuous I would like to know as well user
Easton Reyes
North korea
Thomas Cox
>b..but muh install gentoo maymay
Christian Collins
This shit was patched months ago, it is only impacting retarded people who's head should roll for being retarded. So overdramatic over this shit.
Josiah Ramirez
Also doesn't effect the god-tier OS.
>b-but muh windows updates and games
Elijah Cooper
>via SMB and port 445 Not AND, ON Port 445 is the SMB port.
Colton Fisher
>Hospitals are competitive companies He's right you know, people have to pretty much fucking KAYAK hospitals and health care to make sure they don't die from the enormous debt on their back post-hospital visit
Robert Young
>CEO of major bank admitted they still use windows XP to the CEO of Microsoft >95% of ATMs, major infrastructure like train stations still using outdated af software >update your OS guise dem viruse coming to get you
it's really quite transparent desu
Samuel Evans
ach nil aon riomhri sna Korea Thuaidh
Parker Murphy
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Gavin Watson
Stuxnet beat it by a couple of years. And Stuxnet was both more sophisticated, back by governments, and had a geopolitical goal in mind. This is just some script kiddies using some stolen NSA tools.
Benjamin Ross
>lol these nerds are such dorks look at these virgins
Eli Price
hear me out what if this is a false flag by the jews or bankers or its made by china to make a global economic and currency reset, the virus will shut down banks and other shit. In india right now the bank atms are getting hit hard and europe is getting hit hard right now aswell we will follow if this is the case, we are fucking screwed of who ever made this if its false flag or made on purpose, i can understand if its the chinese they made the new world bank and other economic things and america isnt allowed in but guess what britian and our allies are in, they are back stabbing jews we never had allies.
Juan Martinez
Wcrypt 2.0 will come
Andrew Butler
I'm pretty sure this was some ""leet"" hacker who released a virus that got really out of hand. The tools to make this virus had been available for a long time now as they were part of the dump the shadow brokers stole from the NSA. The code was out there it just took someone to compile it.
I mean it's possible this could be a false flag but we gotta see what the outcome of all of this is.
Liam Watson
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Samuel Collins
problem is that the leet haxor is gonna kill millions of people when the banks go under.
Easton Jackson
its a false flag
Wyatt Lewis
They've patched the XP one but when people return to work later on today they are expecting a fuck load more machines to get hit.
lel.. I'm thinking this is just a smokescreen for something else, the NHS was a ruse because of how loved it is. Something is off about all this.
Xavier Reed
what is?
Dominic Green
see
Colton Baker
That takes me back.
Jordan Ward
It's one theory, it's also odd that they wanted $300 in bitcoin. Isn't 1 bitcoin worth nearly $1500? Why not ask for 300 bitcoins?
It's just really fucking odd.
Asher Baker
it is odd, maybe im wrong and maybe its some dip shit asking for shekels but he got angry and went full sperg lord on the world and demands money
Connor Kelly
I figured that they thought they'd get more people paying up if they put the ransom at something reasonable.
Michael Sanchez
Because they expect people to actually be able to pay you fucking mouthbreathing retard
Christian Perry
The ransom is useless if the victims can't afford to pay it. You need to remember that this virus is targeting countries like China, India and Russia where average people are not that rich.
Gavin Clark
I'm only commenting once. The RBN (Russian Mafia) sell this tool as a platform. They handle the backend and you handle infections.
The toolkit is Russian; the franchiser might be any nationality. This toolkit has been around since cryptolocker days.
As always the media is fucking full of bullshit.
Aaron Price
Well it's a poorly written screen when you look at it, certain words and grammar is wrong. But they can't actually get $300 in bitcoin because 1bitcoin is as I said $1500 give or take. How the hell would you make that kind of payment in bitcoins? It doesn't have sub denominations like normal currencies do.
I think it's a smokescreen, they are going after something else. Don't stock brokers use bots to bid on the stock market? I'm very sleepy but I expect shit to hit the fan tomorrow.
Anthony Davis
Listen fuckface, you can't actually fucking pay it regardless, Bitcoin has no sub denominations. You cannot pay $300 dollars in bitcoins and most people don't even fucking use them.
Mouthbreather. That makes more sense.
Anthony Davis
Holy shit, nicely baited. I'm actually furious.
Colton Sanchez
Oh go kill yourself you miserable gook.
James Fisher
>How the hell would you make that kind of payment in bitcoins? It doesn't have sub denominations like normal currencies do. Because you're retarded and don't know shit about bitcoin. The big thing about crypto currency isn't you can trade any fraction of them you wanted. you can go onto the market now and purchase 0.00000000000001 bitcoin if you wanted.
Tyler Diaz
Also, just so if you are serious, please google how bitcoin works.
Isaac Cox
>isn't Is that*
Gabriel Murphy
And you're a pair of retards if you think anyone actually uses that shit. Especially a bunch of nurses.
Jeremiah Diaz
They should create Skynet.
Jose Garcia
>they provide a detailed guide of how to purchase and then transfer bitcoin to their wallet >nobody uses it >doesn't believe that there are stupid enough people to follow these step by step instructions to unlock their holiday pictures >is a fucking tool Fuck off Ahmed
Parker Rivera
Bitcoin isn't money anymore than paypal is money. Its a transaction service. A really retarded transaction service that doesn't cash out to real money.
its fucking warcraft gold or super mario coins or monopoly money.
Lincoln Sullivan
You're a ignorant; you can send fractions of a bitcoin. Down to the penny if you wanted.
Alexander Wilson
>Windows 10 and 8.1 users are unaffected by the brick Huh really makes you think.
Ayden Watson
hospitals are the root of evil user. They created the super bugs.
Josiah Nelson
Honestly, I'd rather switch to stripped VMs than upgrade my OS
Noah Hill
Do you know what "currency" is? (It's another word for the "money" thing you mentioned)
Luke James
Amazing post.
Xavier Powell
>It was a simpler time.
Eli Sanders
Microsoft launching these cyber attacks to punish companies who didn't upgrade to Windows 10. That's why the attacks are targeting infrastructure using XP systems, and why silicon valley PR firms have been going on CNN and CBS saying "well the reason this happened is because these companies didn't upgrade in March!"
No super l33t cyber hacker looking to make some quick cash and escape to Tonga would bother with these hospitals and transportation systems. They'd target individuals or companies they know would pay up and GTFO as fast as possible.
Upgrade to Windows 10 slaves! Give us our money stupid slaves!
Oliver Martin
may god have mercy upon this image
Wyatt Howard
Interesting theory But your point about "they wouldn't target hospitals/transportation/businesses is retarded. How are those unlikely to pay up? Also the virus spreads throughout networks--it would be stupid and more difficult to target individuals. You hit one computer in a network of any size and the whole thing locks.
William Hill
>How are those unlikely to pay up?
None of them have so far. But these ransomware attacks were all over the news a year ago with stories of poor baby boomers getting trapped and paying thousands to sketchy indians to get their aol working again
Elijah Richardson
"None of them have so far" That's not true, so why say it? Just lying to push your theory?
They never name the companies that have paid up. And I'll bet you dollars to donuts it ain't the transportation and hospital networks that the bitcoin pmts are coming from
Wyatt Torres
>Well some people are paying up though. Seems like a lot of effort for $26k...
Brandon Fisher
It's really not Also that's horseshit because there's no way to know
Angel Hernandez
>Also that's horseshit because there's no way to know
Well, the bitcoin wallet addresses are in the payload (as well as shown on the screen) and you can find out the value of a bitcoin wallet by a simple web query...
