Chinese State Media Says US Should Take Some Blame For Cyberattack (cnbc.com)

An anonymous reader shares a CNBC report: Chinese state media on Wednesday criticized the United States for hindering efforts to stop global cyber threats in the wake of the WannaCry ransomware attack that has infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide in recent days. The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) should shoulder some blame for the attack, which targets vulnerabilities in Microsoft systems and has infected some 30,000 Chinese organisations as of Saturday, the China Daily said. "Concerted efforts to tackle cyber crimes have been hindered by the actions of the United States," it said, adding that Washington had "no credible evidence" to support bans on Chinese tech firms in the United States following the attack. The malware attack, which began on Friday and has been linked by some researchers to previous hits by a North Korean-run hacking operation, leveraged a tool built by the NSA that leaked online in April, Microsoft says.

Comments

Re:Don't blame the U.S.A.

[sdinfoserv]

Microsoft issued patches - even for unsupported OS's.
The fact is, the US Gov't is directly responsible for the 2 most egregious hacks in cyber history - 1) the OPM debacle and 2) WannaCry,
The US Government, even it's "intelligence" groups have proven themselves completely incapable of basic security skills. Encrypt at rest, don't click the link - simple, basic crap and they can't follow. If you can't take care of shiny toys, you don't deserve them.

Re:Blame USA?!

[gweihir]

These days, the US has just two things left: Being large and being very stupid. Hence electing Trump as president is fine, because he is an exceptionally appropriate representative of the US population.