The “WannaCry” Malware attack that spooled out over the end of last week and into the weekend, implicates two sides of this problem. The government created the new hacking epidemic, yet are presenting themselves as a solution to it. Both of those “problems” should not be taken lightly either.
If this is the first time you’ve heard of “WannaCry”, you’ll be interested in knowing that the ransomware allegedly originated from vulnerabilities and infiltration tools developed by the National Security Agency (NSA). This little tidbit of information is largely ignored by government worshippers who seek an immediate solution caused by the government. Not only that, but the NSA had been hoarding and keeping secret from technology companies whose defenses they were breaching. All of this secrecy was to facilitate the NSA’s ability to engage in cyber espionage and to prevent technology companies from building defenses that would have inhibited government surveillance. But then, the NSA lost control of these infiltration tools and the government agency was publicly exposed by the hacker group known as the “Shadow Brokers” last month.
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