Neither the UK nor the US government will confirm whether they have already mounted revenge cyber-attacks against North Korea. The indiscriminate use of the WannaCry ransomware demonstrates North Korean actors using their cyber programme to circumvent sanctions.”He added: “International law applies online as it does offline. Williamson said: “North Korea is a massive threat. Bossert said the US would “publicly attribute” WannaCry to North Korea. While North Korea is believed to run a sophisticated cyberwarfare operation that has traditionally targeted South Korea, the regime has repeatedly denied it was behind WannaCry.

Source: The Guardian December 19, 2017 02:33 UTC