DigitalShadows weighs in on the most likely explanation: WannaCry is from an “unsophisticated” attacker

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I don’t use their fancy analysis technique, but the conclusion from Digital Shadows sure rings right with me: Though by no means definitive, we assess
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WannaCry is full of cringeworthy errors — it’s like a misguided firecracker launched by an F-22 Raptor”

The worrying factor here is that if the damaged caused by this incident was originated by a misguided firecracker what can an ace pilot do with another of the several F-22 Raptors still out there with their keys on…

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Amen! That’s why every single article I write about WannaCry includes the admonition that folks need to get patched NOW.

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Apparently, an ace pilot can let the weapon be stolen and inflicted upon the world at large.

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I forget where I saw a comment by someone say they thought WannaCry was a ‘private enterprise’ operation. The MO seems to be more inline with a hacker looking for a quick buck than a nation looking for information.

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Saw this today, an interesting theory that the entire WannaCry episode was bitcoin manipulation.  Argument made is fairly compelling.
From: http://www.securityweek.com/latest-wannacry-theory-currency-manipulation

The simple reality is that these figures would support Carson’s theory: the primary purpose of WannaCry was a deceptive means of currency manipulation. This was currency manipulation on a massive scale.

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