AdvertisementsA third of Britain’s public hospitals were affected by the WannaCry worm in May, according to a government report. Up to 300,000 computers in 150 countries were hit by WannaCry, which seized systems and demanded payment in Bitcoin to return control to users. British Home Office minister Ben Wallace told the BBC last week that London was “as sure as possible” that North Korea was responsible. But a spokesman for the North’s Korea-Europe Association denied the accusations and warned Britain against “groundless speculation”. “This is an act beyond the limit of our tolerance and it makes us question the real purpose behind the UK’s move,” he said, in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency late Monday.

Source: Manila Times October 31, 2017 04:52 UTC