After infecting a Windows computer, it encrypts files on the PCs hard drive, making. We are committed to strengthening coordinated international efforts to uphold a free, open, peaceful and secure cyberspace. WannaCry is a ransomware worm that spread rapidly through across a number of computer networks in May of 2017. The United Kingdom is determined to identify, pursue and respond to malicious cyber activity regardless of where it originates, imposing costs on those who wish to attack us in cyberspace. The Lazarus Group is the best-known unit of North Korean commercial hackers. International law applies online as it does offline. A 2017 ransomware scheme known as Wannacry 2.0 crippled networks in America, Europe. The indiscriminate use of the WannaCry ransomware demonstrates North Korean actors using their cyber programme to circumvent sanctions.
We condemn these actions and commit ourselves to working with all responsible states to combat destructive criminal use of cyber space. This attack utilized the Mydoom and Dozer malware to launch a large-scale, but quite unsophisticated, DDoS attack against US and South Korean websites.
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre assesses it is highly likely that North Korean actors known as the Lazarus Group were behind the WannaCry ransomware campaign – one of the most significant to hit the UK in terms of scale and disruption. The Lazarus Groups first major hacking incident took place on Jand sparked the beginning of 'Operation Troy'. The WannaCry ransomware incident impacted 300,000 computers in 150 countries including 48 NHS trusts.įoreign Office Minister for Cyber, Lord Ahmad said: The decision to publicly attribute this incident sends a clear message that the UK and its allies will not tolerate malicious cyber activity. The Foreign Office Minister Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon has attributed the WannaCry ransomware incident to North Korean actors the Lazarus Group.
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