Massive Hacking Attack Just The Beginning?

>> MORE THAN 150 COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN AHEAD WITH RAN SOMEWHERE.
THIS IS MALWARE THAT ENCRYPTS DATA ON AN INDIVIDUAL OR
COMPANY'S COMPUTER SYSTEM WHICH THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET ANY
ACCESS OF UNLESS THEY PAY A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO
THESE HACKERS.
AUTHORITIES AND POLITICIANS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES ARE EXPECTING
THE BRAND SOMEWHERE TO EVOLVE AND CONTINUE TO IMPACT EVEN MORE
COMPUTERS.
>>THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT THAT MUCH.
AS I LOOK AT THIS, I AM A
LITTLE MORE WORRIED.
THEY WERE EXPECTING A BIGGER HIT ON MONDAY
THAN THEY GOT OVER THE WEEKEND.
THEY DID NOT GET THAT.
AN ALMOST
TO ME FELT LIKE A TRIAL RUN.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
THEY
ONLY GOT $38,000 SO FAR.
AGAIN THEY WILL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE BY THE END BUT THAT IS
NOT A BIG HIT.
>>HAS THE NSA EVER ACHIEVED ANYTHING WORTH IT?
OTHER THAN
SPYING ON AMERICANS AND NOT BEING SMART ENOUGH TO PROTECT
THEIR OWN STRATEGIES FROM HACKERS WHO HAVE NOW USED THEIR
STRATEGIES AGAINST 150 OTHER COUNTRIES.
>>AND READING THE HISTORY OF THE CIA AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST ñ TOP
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE GUY IN A SPAN OF 20, 25 YEARS NEVER
CAUGHT ANYONE.
HE WROTE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF TOWN AND THEY WERE
ALL FALSE ACCUSATIONS.
HE DESTROYED THE CAREERS OF GOOD
AMERICANS.
AND IT TURNS OUT THE TOP RUSSIAN SPY WAS HIS BEST
FRIEND.
IN THIS CASE, THEY HAVE TOP-SECRET STUFF THAT THEY HAD
FIGURED OUT.
NOW MICROSOFT SAYS TELL US SO WE CAN FIX IT SET UP
THE WHOLE WORLD IS NOT EXPOSED TO THESE KIND OF DANGERS, AND
THE NSA SAYS I WANT TO KEEP IT BECAUSE I MIGHT USE IT AGAINST
MY ENEMIES.
GAS STATIONS, MALLS, POWER PLANTS ñ IF YOU ñ THEY CAN
SEND MESSAGES TO THE WHOLE WORLD, LET ALONE ALL THE
INFORMATION THEY HAVE ALREADY TAKEN FROM HOSPITALS.
IF THEY
DELETE THEM THERE GOES YOUR FILES ETC.
IT COULD BE UNTOLD
HISTORIC EPIC DAMAGE IF THIS VIRUS GOES GLOBAL AND HITS ALL
THE COMPUTERS.
>>THIS VIRUS HAS GONE GLOBAL, IT IS JUST WHAT HACKERS HAVE USED
THE VIRUS FOR WHICH IS TO COLLECT RELATIVELY SMALL SUMS OF
MONEY.
YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD ASK FOR MORE THAN $300.
THEY ARE ASKING FOR 300 IN BIT COIN.
I THINK WHAT IS ALSO
INTERESTING ABOUT THIS IS SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND SMALL
BUSINESSES, EVEN LARGE BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED
BUT ALSO KEEP IN MIND IN JAPAN BOTH NISSAN AND HITACHI REPORTED
SOME UNITS IN BIT AFFECTED.
THINK ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE GOING TO SUFFER FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE THEIR
PERSONAL MASSAGE.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY.
I'M JOKING OBVIOUSLY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
>>THE CHINESE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN HIT, AND EVEN THE RUSSIANS.
NO
ONE KNOWS WHO DID IT, BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO ALL THESE HITS
YOU WOULD CERTAINLY HIT YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT AS WELL TO THROW
PEOPLE OFF THE TRACK.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHO DID IT.
BUT DON'T WORRY
THE NSA IS ON TOP OF IT.
LIKE ANA SAID, HAVE YOU EVER DONE
ANYTHING POSITIVE?
HE SPIED ON ALL-AMERICANS AND WHAT WE HAVE
TO SHOW FOR IT?
IF THEY ACTUALLY STOP TERRORIST ATTACKS DO YOU
KNOW HOW MUCH THEY WOULD BRAG ABOUT IT?
DONALD TRUMP, YOU KNOW
HOW QUICKLY HE WOULD HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE?
>> THERE IS A WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF, THAT WAY IS TO ENSURE
YOU ARE UPDATING SOFTWARE ON YOUR COMPUTER.
TWO MONTHS AGO
MICROSOFT REALIZED THERE WAS A VULNERABILITY AND SO THEY
CREATED A SOFTWARE UPDATE TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS.
FOR YOU OR
FOR ME IT IS RELATIVELY EASY TO UPDATE THE SOFTWARE.
BUT WHEN IT
COMES TO A LARGE COMPANY OR A HOSPITAL AND IS A VERY
COMPLICATED AND COMPLEX THING TO DO BECAUSE YOU NEED THE
COMPUTERS UP AND RUNNING.
A LOT OF THESE HOSPITALS WERE UNABLE
TO DO IT.
UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE VICTIMIZED AS A RESULT.
>> YOU KNOW MICROSOFT REQUIRES YOU TO PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO
UPDATE YOUR SYSTEMS.
THAT IS ALMOST A RANSOM IN ITSELF.
>>YES.
IF YOU ARE A HOSPITAL OR LARGE COMPANY.
>>IF IT'S VULNERABLE WHY AM I PAYING TO UPDATE IT?
WHERE IS
THE NSA IF IT WAS THEIR FAULT THAT THEY GOT THE INFORMATION AT
ALL?
THIS COST IS
ON ALL OF US.
BRILLIANT WORK NSA, BRILLIANT.

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