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Trump Administration Publicly Calls Out N. Korea For Massive Cyberattack

December 19 2017

USA

North Korea was behind the cyberattack that infected more than 230,000 computers in May, says President Trump's homeland security adviser.

In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Thomas Bossert declared that "the U.S. today publicly attributes the massive 'WannaCry' cyberattack to North Korea."

Both Microsoft and the U.K. government agree with Washington's assessment, he writes.

The president of Microsoft previously told British media that North Korea was behind...

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