May 25, 2019
The National Security Agency headquarters in Maryland. A leaked N.S.A. cyberweapon, EternalBlue, has caused
billions of dollars in damage worldwide. A recent attack took place in Baltimore, the agency’s own backyard.
Credit: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA, via REX, via Shutterstock
He described the package of dangerous computer code that hit Allentown as “commodity malware,” sold on the dark web and used by criminals who don’t have specific targets in mind. “There are warehouses of kids overseas firing off phishing emails,” Mr. Leibert said, like thugs shooting military-grade weapons at random targets. Read more here:
The costs can be hard for local governments to bear. The Allentown attack, in February last year, disrupted city services for weeks and cost about $1 million to remedy — plus another $420,000 a year for new defenses, said Matthew Leibert, the city’s chief information officer.
He described the package of dangerous computer code that hit Allentown as “commodity malware,” sold on the dark web and used by criminals who don’t have specific targets in mind. “There are warehouses of kids overseas firing off phishing emails,” Mr. Leibert said, like thugs shooting military-grade weapons at random targets. Read more here:
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