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WannaCry ransomware: North Korea labels US accusation as “absurd”

WannaCry ransomware: North Korea labels US accusation as “absurd”
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December 22, 2017
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North Korea says there isn’t any evidence to again the USA declare it changed into at the back of the WannaCry ransomware attack.

the us become “unreasonably accusing the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] with none forensic evidence”, a spokesman for North Korea’s Ministry of international Affairs become quoted as asserting by way of the country’s KCNA new agency.

The observation is North Korea’s first response to the U.S.’ choice to publicly attribute blame for the WannaCry ransomware assault to the country. WannaCry all started spreading on may additionally 12 this year and encrypted the information on round 300,000 computer systems in 150 countries.

“As we’ve clearly cited, we have nothing to do with the cyberattack and we don’t suppose a need to respond, on a case-through-case foundation, similar to absurd allegations of the USA,” North Korea’s spokesman mentioned.

North Korea accused the USA of attempting to create an “atmosphere of sanctions and pressure” in opposition t the DPRK by means of labelling it a crook state.

It additionally warned different nations towards “unreasonably following the footsteps of the us”.

the uk lately joined the united states in condemning North Korea for the assault, as has Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Japan.

the uk’s national Cyber security Centre believed it become “extremely possible” that the North Korean hacking neighborhood referred to as Lazarus became at the back of WannaCry, the uk international workplace minister for cyber, Lord Ahmad, stated on Tuesday.

“Crystal clear is the purpose of the USA to are attempting to link to the difficulty of cyberattack at this very moment when it’s hell-bent on making a cruelest sanctions resolution in opposition t us,” the North Korea spokesman mentioned.

The Lazarus community has also been blamed for the $ 80m Bangladeshi bank heist, which exploited the SWIFT bank messaging device, and 2014’s Sony photographs hack.

The WannaCry attribution got here amid rising tensions as the White house tries to put greater drive on North Korea over its nuclear programme.

North Korean hackers have additionally been accused of a cyberattack on South Korean bitcoin alternate Youbit, which filed for bankruptcy this week as a result of the assault. The company lost 17 % of its belongings right through the heist.

protection firm FireEye believes US sanctions in opposition t North Korea are fueling its hobby in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. After US economic sanctions have been announced in April, the company detected spear-phishing attacks on three separate South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges between may additionally and July.

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