In fact, tens of thousands of computer systems all over the world have been “backdoored” by the same N.S.A. “The world is burning about WannaCry, but this is a nuclear bomb compared to WannaCry,” Mr. Ben-Oni said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyBoth WannaCry and the IDT attack used a hacking tool the agency had code-named EternalBlue. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyWorse still, Mr. Ben-Oni said, “No one is running point on this.”Last month, he personally briefed the F.B.I. “We’ve seen the same computers infected with DoublePulsar for two months and there is no telling how much malware is on those systems,” Mr. Dillon said.

Source: New York Times June 22, 2017 16:23 UTC