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2017-05-14 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

British IT expert, 22, who lives with his parents reveals how he stopped the global cyber attack that wreaked havoc on the NHS as he warns he is already fighting hackers trying to unleash a NEW threat

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Posted by trailing wife 2017-05-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Factually incorrect: he tracks exploits for his employer, and in examining the the 'trackback' on this run he found that the malware would 'phone home' to a non existent website, get a 404, and continue. So he paid the $11, registered the site (which he routinely does in tracking exploits), and the exploit shut down.
Evidently the nonsite was included as a kill switch, or was supposed to have control code available on it.

Posted by ed in texas 2017-05-14 09:49|| 2017-05-14 09:49|| Front Page Top

#2 bit tricky to look for anyone with a hosts file that points to that DNS address.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-05-14 10:57|| 2017-05-14 10:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Another reason why you do not want the government managing healthcare. Have not seen any US hospitals affected.

Posted by Neville Glerenter2417 2017-05-14 19:28|| 2017-05-14 19:28|| Front Page Top

#4 'Yet', Neville.

Somebody will find a hole in the 'Epic' healthcare management software system currently being used to follow the ACA guidelines for a lot of major US health systems (Surprise! The software company owner is a BIG-TIME lefty donor).

It's not 'if', but 'when'.

Posted by Mullah Richard OTR 2017-05-14 19:43|| 2017-05-14 19:43|| Front Page Top

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