[kictanet] When state players are complicit in a global tech meltdown

[Ali Hussein]

Listers

The global cyberattacks currently playing out over the last month or so with the latest version starting in Ukraine and spreading across the globe can be traced to the NSA's activities in either curbing cyber attacks or in their efforts to carry out its mandate of protecting America's National Security.

This is a classic example of how such activities can go awry in a very bad way. It's reminiscent of riding a tiger hoping it will get you somewhere very fast while at the same time praying you don't fall off and get turned into its lunch..

Computer systems from Ukraine to the United States were struck on Tuesday in an international cyberattack that was similar to a recent assault that crippled tens of thousands of machines worldwide.

In Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, A.T.M.s stopped working. About 80 miles away, workers were forced to manually monitor radiation at the old Chernobyl nuclear plant when their computers failed. And tech managers at companies around the world — from Maersk, the Danish shipping conglomerate, to Merck, the drug giant in the United States — were scrambling to respond. Even an Australian factory for the chocolate giant Cadbury was affected.

Read on:-

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/technology/ransomware-hackers.html?emc=edit_ta_20170627&nl=top-stories&nlid=65658228&ref=headline

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