(Original title: Microsoft has called for the re-draft of the "Digital Geneva Convention" after a brutal blackmail attack)
Author: Charles Humble Translator: Xue lamp life
The virus-based program developed by the U.S. Security Service as a leaked document became the main news last week. The virus caused a large number of Windows computers around the world. WannaCry blackmailed 200,000 victims in 150 countries, including British hospitals, Spain’s infrastructure sector, and Russia’s Ministry of the Interior. Renault closed several factories in France after being attacked. Nissan's factory in the UK was also affected.
The scale of the attack is so large that Microsoft has had to release patches for systems that are no longer supported, including Windows XP. If your computer also has Windows installed, patch it as soon as possible.
The “kill switch†virus discovered by MalwareTech is currently contained, but its variants have a comeback. In fact, the Danish security company Heimdal Security believes that the new virus is already spreading.
After the incident, Microsoft President and General Counsel Brad Smith posted an ex post facto letter on the company's website. While expressing his apology, Smith believes that government agencies should assume some responsibility for the virus.
"This attack shows that it is problematic for the government to manage the vulnerabilities. This is a new model that has emerged in 2017. We have already seen that the vulnerabilities preserved by the CIA were leaked on the Wiki, and now, the leaks disclosed by the NSA are all The users of the world have caused harm, and the loopholes in the hands of the government have leaked into the public domain and caused extensive damage.This kind of thing has happened again and again.This is like the US Navy has lost several Tomahawk cruise missiles. Illustrates two major forms of digital security threats in the world today – nationalistic actions and organized criminal actions, which are not what we would like to see.
Smith called for the re-enactment of the "Digital Geneva Convention" in February:
"In order to prevent these problems from happening again, we ask the government to report bugs to vendors instead of keeping them or selling them or even leaking them. We will do our best to provide support to every user who faces digital security threats. , regardless of which country they came from."
Last year, the U.S. government pressured Apple to develop a special version of iOS for the government so that it can ensure that the government is safe enough. Donald Trump, who had not been elected as President of the United States at the time, was one of the pressurers on Apple.
However, so far, the blackmail virus has not brought considerable profits to hackers. According to the BBC report, “On Monday morning, they received only 38,000 US dollars (29,400 British pounds) of extortion money,†according to an analysis of the three ransom accounts.
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