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Which is exactly what happens whenever there's a leak of NSA or other foreign government 'hacking' tools. As soon as they're public, ransomware authors and othe
by mikeyouse 8y ago
Which is exactly what happens whenever there's a leak of NSA or other foreign government 'hacking' tools. As soon as they're public, ransomware authors and other shitty actors all deploy them to steal as much as possible before systems are patched.
Case-in-point:
Wannacry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack
NotPetya:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petya_(malware)#2017_cyberattack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petya_(malware)#2017_cyberatta...
- resters 8y agoI think it’s a bit different because the attacks are not entirely clear. The power of many of the attacks would be for them to fly under the radar because nobody was expecting it. So having lots of script kiddie attacks (which would be sloppier and easier to notice) would lead to a more rapid adoption of safeguards.