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WannaCry: End of Year Retrospective
- nodesocket 9y agoFor all holding BitCoin who are US citizens... Just know that you are indirectly supporting enemies of the US (including Russia and China). You could be investing in US companies via the stock market and promoting US growth and jobs instead.
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- dang 9y agoWould you please not post off-topic flamebait here?
- nodesocket 9y agoDang, I don’t think I was being off-topic, directly related to the fact that the US announced that North Korea was behind “WannaCry” and that they hold large amounts of Bitcoin. My point is factual.
- r3bl 9y agoThat's as ridiculous as stating that, if ISIS has a lot of USD, you shouldn't use USD because that's "supporting enemies."
- jermaustin1 9y agoI've been trying to switch to Spanish Reales, but the coke machine wont take them.
- stordoff 9y agoNorth Korea likely have USD reserves, and were involved in counterfeiting US currency (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_39 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_39). Supporting the US economy arguably helps them in the same way that supporting Bitcoin does.
- joering2 9y agoI listened to a lot of US gov speaking on the subject past 2 days... but all I hear is "we believe", "we think", "we know"... without a shred of evidence! This whole story only missed Secretary of State Colin Powell holding a model vial of anthrax and we could roll tanks onto North Korean soil already!
- mc32 9y agoI don't think this will be used as an excuse to enter NK. They have provided way more 'casus belli' than some "cyber". They are developing nukes in contravention to the no-nuke proliferation agreement. They have flown missiles over countries, they have kidnapped foreign citizens, they are starving their own people and manage concentration camps. The "cyber" stuff pales in comparison to the other reasons.
- EGreg 9y agoHave they ever signed this agreement? I am less concerned about ICBMs and more concerned about Tactical Nuclear Devices falling into the wrong hands. If the government of North Korea falls or weakens they could still fall into the wrong hands. (Same goes for Pakistan etc.) And even if the government doesn't fall, they've already shown a willingness to help others get nukes: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Orchard https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Orchard
- mc32 9y agoYes, they signed and were part of the NPT and then they unilaterally withdrew.[1] But they also are not signatories to the Geneva convention, but we still think they should not torture their own people. [1]https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/dprkchron https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/dprkchron
- LV-426 9y ago> But they also are not signatories to the Geneva convention Where are you getting this from? According to Wikipedia, every member of the UN is a party the GC, and North Korea has additionally ratified protocol I, something the USA refuses to do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_Geneva_Conventions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_Geneva_...
- kodablah 9y agoA bit disappointed, but not surprised, that this retrospective chose not to discuss the origin of the 0day itself.
- razakel 9y agoNo mention of their arrested employee...
- alexcasalboni 9y ago"the six-month anniversary"? lol
- pegas1 9y ago"When federal law enforcement is detached from the mission of national security and focuses (perhaps shortsightedly) on criminalizing certain benign behaviors, a chilling response from the security community will develop, and an even greater divide between law enforcement and the security community will unfold"