Quote from: mikey5287 on May 14, 2017, 06:12:46 AM

Quote from: Lorilikes on May 14, 2017, 12:47:41 AM

Quote from: FlamingFingers on May 13, 2017, 09:15:24 PM

Now the media will go crying all day about how Bitcoin is being used for such bad, illegal activities. Though it is weird to me why asking for only $300 in Bitcoin seems way too small for such attacks on 'important companies and institutions.' These companies still hold responsibility for their own security.

It is a good point you made here ,it is extremely ""small potatoes" for s stunt so HUGE. It's baffling that nobody is scrutinizing the gentleman who they say is the hero who discovered the fix. I will explore that in a soon coming update

I don't know how the hackers are targeting these systems, but could it be that they're asking for $300 worth of Bitcoin for each computer affected on the network?

And this is exactly why Apple never wanted to provide a backdoor to the NSA for the San Bernardino attacks. The NSA created one anyways (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/28/apple-fbi-case-dropped-san-bernardino-iphone). How naive must an agency be if they truly believe that there are not experts out there that know systems better than them.

I don't think this will become a hit against cryptocurrency. The media is not nearly knowledgeable about cryptos enough to build an attack against it or sensationalize it.

There are rumors that this was a distraction method to divert the eyes from the disturbing beneficiaries of this event. Look at the "victims" there only common problem was the exposed, soft under bellies of Windows operating systems. In March they put out a security update that patched the very security flaw that made systems vulnerable. So the message (in part, and implied ) was "Hey everyone ! You better let us run our security and system updates automatically from now on,for your safety! Oh and just to be safe you better send us info constantly, for your protection, and it will happen automatically unless you find and obscure setting deep in the scary parts of the control panel and opt out." Also, they sent the message that "crypto currency is for the bad guys " while also saying "these bozos are low on the worth scale since they set the price so low"
It worked, I guess, to an extent at least.
Nobody is looking at Microsoft. Nobody is looking at the fact that WannaCry is rumored to use an exploit called Eternal Blue, allegedly created by the U.S. National Security Agency to attack Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Hmm.