American experts calculated the possible origin of the virus creators WannaCry
Uncategorized May 29, 2017
Cybersecurity experts came to the conclusion that the creators of the virus-the extortioner WannaСry can be the natives of southern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan or Singapore. About this newspaper the South China Morning Post.
As stated in the study of the American company Flashpoint, the linguistic code analysis of the virus showed that its Creator is the bearer of the southern dialect of the Chinese language.
One of the primary code used in the terms typical for the southern regions of China as well as Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, the researchers note. According to TASS, they also managed to establish that the code was originally written in Chinese and then translated into English.
Previously the American company Symantec, involved in the development of antivirus software, said that by creating virus WannaCry can be involved in North Korean hackers. In the DPRK these suspicions are refuted.
Large-scale cyber attack that affected about 300 thousand users in 150 countries, took place on 12 may. It was reported tens of thousands of hacker attacks with the use of a virus WannaCry, which began disabling computers and demand a ransom.
It was reported that Russia more than other countries suffered from WannaCry. Cyber attack, in particular, has affected the company “MegaFon”, the interior Ministry, “Sberbank”, the Ministry of health. About the attempt of infection reported in the Railways and the Central Bank, where he stressed that the attack was unsuccessful.