Wanna Cry Computer Virus

[Bob Kuczewski]

From Wikipedia:

Microsoft president Brad Smith wrote, "Repeatedly, exploits in the hands of governments have leaked into the public domain and caused widespread damage. An equivalent scenario with conventional weapons would be the U.S. military having some of its Tomahawk missiles stolen."

Microsoft makes billions selling products so defective that they have to patch them constantly. Then they have the nerve to blame someone else?!?

If Microsoft had to reimburse their customers for losses ... you can bet they'd be selling better software "out of the box" rather than shipping defective products with the plan of: "don't worry, we'll fix it later with a downloadable patch".

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Microsoft makes billions selling products so defective that they have to patch them constantly. Then they have the nerve to blame someone else?!?

If Microsoft had to reimburse their customers for losses ... you can bet they'd be selling better software "out of the box" rather than shipping defective products with the plan of: "don't worry, we'll fix it later with a downloadable patch".

My understanding is that these were open backdoors made available for the government to spy on everyone and the 'owners' manual just got leaked or otherwise mishandled.

exploits in the hands of governments have leaked into the public domain

"Exploits" meaning backdoors.

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2017/05/ ... -hack.html

Top NSA Whistleblower: Ransomware Hack Due to “Swindle of the Taxpayers” by Intelligence Agencies

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2017/03/ ... oited.html

Leaked CIA Documents Show Government Intentionally Creates Digital Vulnerabilities, then Intentionally Leaves Them Open … Leaving Us Exposed and Insecure

We’ve previously documented that U.S. intelligence agencies are opening us up to hackers, malware and spying by bad guys.

Specifically, American spy agencies have intentionally weakened digital security for many decades. This breaks the functionality of our computers and of the Internet. It reduces functionality and reduces security by – for example – creating backdoors that malicious hackers can get through.