The ransomware spread so quickly because it was delivered by a special digital code developed by the NSA to move from one unpatched computer to another, security experts said. They warned that the malware now could move from large networks to individual users.
Washington Post: Malware, described in leaked NSA documents, cripples computers worldwide »
Update:
• The Intercept: Leaked NSA malware is helping hijack computers around the world »
• PC World: Microsoft blames U.S. stockpiled vulnerability after WannaCry ransomware attack »
• The Duran: Worried about ‘WannaCry’? You should have listened to Julian Assange »
• Falkvinge: Current wave of ransomware not written by ordinary criminals, but by the NSA »
• Reuters: Global cyber attack fuels concern about U.S. vulnerability disclosures »
• Ars Technica: How I accidentally stopped a global Wanna Decryptor ransomware attack »
• Ars Technica: Wanna Decryptor ransomware worm may have North Korea’s fingerprints on it »
• Wired: The WannaCry Ransomware Has a Link to Suspected North Korean Hackers »
• Proton Mail: Important lessons from the first NSA-powered ransomware cyberattack »