I-Friday, May 12, 2017, apho abantu abaninzi kwihlabathi zikhusela iinkcukacha zabo (okanye i-ATMs, i-ticket machines, kunye ne-POS terminals) kwaye bafumane le ngempumelelo efanelekileyo. Kwiimeko ze-tablets okanye iinkcukacha zonyango zonyango, iisikrini zibonakalisa ne-Black-and-Red ransom note. I-note, ebizwa ngokuba yi- "Wanna Decrypt0r," kwaye kwakhona eyaziwa ngokuba yi- "WannaCry," wathi iifayile ziye zikhuselekileyo kwaye indlela kuphela yokufinyelela kubhalwe kwi-Bitcoin. Ukuphakamisa, kuquka izixhumanisi ezimbili ezincinane ezantsi: "Nge-Bitcoin" kunye ne-"How to Buy Bitcoin". Yinto emangalisayo, kodwa nangokufundisa kakhulu, kwaye iifoto ze-screen ye-ransom ziye zilungele kwiingxelo ze-computer ezininzi ezidlulileyo kwiminyaka. For many people, this was the first time they had ever seen the word. In one stroke, a piece of ransomware managed to give the world a crash course in crypto. Yintoni WannaCry I-WannaCry ayikho i-ransomware yokuqala, kodwa i-ransomware ebandayo njengoko i-wildfire. I-ransomware yintlobo ye-malware ebandakanya iifayile yakho kuze kube ushiye, kwaye le yintoni yinto ekhethekileyo ngenxa yokusebenza njenge-worm enzima kakhulu. Ngaphandle kokufunda ukuba umntu ufake i-shadow attachment, i-ransomware yandisa kwi-machine ukuya kwi-machine ngokufanelekileyo. I-victims ayenza into yokufumana. Yinto yaye yaye yaye yaye yandisa kakhulu. Kwiintsuku ezimbini, ngaphezu kwe-200,000 iinkompyutha ezininzi kwe-150 amazwe . Zifumaneka Zifumaneka Zonke oku kwenziwa kwi-Windows vulnerability kwi-file-sharing system ebizwa ngokuthi i-Server Message Block (SMB). Xa abathengi we-WannaCry wabelane le mveliso emzimbeni zabo, kuba njengoko ukufumana i-master key kwizakhiwo zebhizinisi kuzo zonke iindawo. Iisebhisi, iiyunivesithi, iifektri, iiholide zoluntu, kunye neeyunivesithi. (i-ATMs, i-POS terminals, kunye nezinye i-servicemachines) baye ngehambelana ngexesha elifanayo. The exploit, called EternalBlue, was reportedly developed by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and leaked online by a hacking group called the Shadow Brokers. Iinkqubo eziqhelekileyo Iinkqubo eziqhelekileyo https://x.com/amtinits/status/863166195461238784?embedable=true I-ransom yama-$300 ye-Bitcoin, ezidlulileyo kwama-$600. I-victim ebizwa ukuba bafumane iintsuku ezintathu ukufumana, okanye ixabiso uya kubhalwe, kwaye iintsuku ezisixhenxe phambi kokuba iifayile zabo ziya kubhalwe ngexesha elide. I-blocked iinkqubo ezininzi ezininzi ezibalulekileyo, nto leyo kuthetha ukuba akayi kuphela iifayile. I-clock countdown kwi-screen ye-ransom kuphela iye yandisa i-pressure. Yintoni i-Spread and Stopped Yenza i-WannaCry yintoni enomdla kakhulu i-speed. Akukho kuphela ukuxhaswa umntu omncinane e-Office. I-WannaCry yandisa kwiinkonzo ze-computers. Kwi-UK, i-National Health Service (NHS) yaba enye yeengxaki ezininzi ezininzi. Abaculi nabasetyhini awukwazi ukufumana iinkcukacha zonyango, iingxaki zithunyelwe, kunye neengxaki ziye zithunyelwe. , kuquka i-Police of Andhra Pradesh (India), i-Deutsche Bahn (i-German Railway), i-Dharmais Cancer Hospital (Indonesia), i-National Health Institute (Colombia), i-LATAM Airlines (Chile), i-Ministry of Internal Affairs yeRashiya, i-PetroChina, i-Portugal Telecom, i-Court of Justice of São Paulo, i-Telefónica Spain, i-University of Montreal (Canada), kunye nabanye abaninzi. Across the ocean, FedEx reported disruptions, and in Asia, companies like Honda and Hitachi had to shut down parts of their operations. Over 55 big companies, hospitals, universities, and governmental organizations reported infections Iindleko jikelele Kwimiliya, akukho ngexabiso, kodwa ixesha kunye nemali efunekayo ukwenza iinkqubo ezisebenzayo. Nangona kunjalo, yonke into lithuba ngexesha leyo enokuba enye yeengxaki ezininzi ye-cyber-heroism emzimbeni. Ukubalwa Ukubalwa I-Domain Domain I-Domain I-Domain ye-Domain ye-Domain ye-Domain ye-Domain ye-Domain ye-Domain ye-Domain ye-Domain ye-Domain ye-Domain ye-Domain ye-Domain ye-Domain. A young security researcher named Marcus Hutchins that the malware checked for a nonsense web domain before spreading. He registered that domain for about $10, which accidentally triggered the kill switch and slowed the outbreak. Ukufumaneka Ukufumaneka Ukufumaneka Nangona kunjalo, umzekelo akugqiba ngempumelelo. I-Copycats iye yandisa ikhowudi kunye nokulandisa iinkcukacha ezintsha. Iinkampani zithembisa ukuba zithembise iinkqubo zayo. Kwakhona iimeko ziye zibonisa iingxaki ezininzi malunga neengxaki ze-cyber zithembisa kwi-Internet ekuqaleni. I-screens everywhere Emva kokuba i-dust yaqhutywa, i-WannaCry yaba ngaphezulu kweengoma yokuhambisa. Iye yaba i-meme. Abasetyenziswa ukuba bafumane i-screen ye-ransom kuquka zonke izixhobo ezinokufumana, nje ngenxa yokuzonwabisa. I-laptop, i-smartphones, i-coffee machines, i-printers, iiyure ze-smart. Umntu wabelane iifoto ze-screen ye-WannaCry ekubeni i-bridge consoles kwi-Star Trek Enterprise. Yinto yindlela yokuvumela ukwamkela, ukuguqula i- nightmare, kwaye ibonisa ukuba ukuba iifayile zakho ziye zithunyelwa, okungenani ingqondo yakho ye-humor. https://x.com/new_orleansjazz/status/864133471773511680?embedable=true Kwiminyaka eyi-2017, i-Bitcoin iye yinto emangalisayo yaye i-geeks kunye nabathengisi wabhala. Kodwa apha, i-plasted kwi-desktops ye-Office, i-monitors ye-hospital, kunye ne-memes ye-viral. The irony is that this strange kind of Internet graffiti gave even more visibility to the ransom note. And with it, those two little links about Bitcoin Kwixesha elidlulileyo, ingxaki yaba "Yintoni i-Bitcoin?" kwi-forum ye-tech. I-boss yakho yabaxheba, "Ukuba thina ufumane i-Bitcoin ukuba akhawuleze lo mfuneko?" Nangona abanamakhasimende abanjulele ukuba akhawulezisa kwaye abaninzi abalandeli awukwazi ukufumana, i-visibility yaba elikhulu. Kukho iindidi ezininzi kunye neengcali ehlabathini lonke iinkompyutha ezidlulileyo, kodwa iintlobo ziye kwakhona kwi-screens zabo nangona kunjalo, kwi-news kunye ne-memes. Ukuphendula Kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo emva kokuphuma, iingubo zangena kwi-shock kwi-analytics. (ngokuqhelekileyo) I-NHS yenza ukubuyekeza ngokubanzi iinkqubo zayo ezidlulileyo, ekugqibeleni i-investments ezininzi kwi-cyber defense, kodwa akukho kakhulu ii-Security firms kunye ne-researchers ziye zithunyelwe iinkcukacha ezincinane malunga kwaye indlela yokuvimbela umdla elandelayo. A key ukufumana iifayile encrypted for free kwakhona. Ngaphandle kwalokho, i-copycat ye-Android devices abasebenzisi eChina. U-Edward Snowden criticized Njengomdla I-WannaCry Ukukhuselwa Ukucaciswa U-Edward Snowden Ukucaciswa Njengomdla I-WannaCry Ukukhuselwa Ukucaciswa Kwi-crypt side, izicwangciso zilungele. Kwakhona, ukucaciswa malunga nokucaciswa kwizikhwama ze-ransom zibonisa ukuba i-Bitcoin ayikho ngexabiso efanelekileyo njengoko abaninzi bafumana. i-flow yeeyunithi kwi-blockchain, nangona awukwazi ukufikelela bonke abalandeli. Bitcoin got a reputation problem (again, because let’s not forget ). To people who had only heard about it through WannaCry, it sounded like the currency of criminals. Silk Road Uyakwazi ukuyila Silk Road Silk Road Uyakwazi ukuyila Kwiminyaka emininzi, ngokufanelekileyo, ama-hackers bayifumana malunga ne-54.6 BTC (eya kuba malunga ne-$6.2 million namhlanje) ekubeni 2017, ngonyaka weWannaCry, i-Bitcoin kwakhona iye yandisa ixabiso yayo yokuqala eninzi, kwangaphambili kwi-$20,000. Kwixesha elungileyo okanye elungileyo, iye yonyaka i-crypto yandiswa kwiindaba ze-mainstream, kunye ne-screen ye-ransom kunye ne-logo ye-Bitcoin ebonakalayo yaye ingxenye yelwimi. Uninzi le wallets Uninzi le wallets I-Lessons kunye ne-Odd Legacy Ukubala phantsi, i-WannaCry ibonakala njengoko enye kwiixesha apho i-world iye uyakufumana izinto ezimbini ngexesha elinye: iingxaki ze-cyber security, kunye ne-reality entsha ye-cryptocurrencies. Ngokuba ngalinye i-Office eyenza ukufaka i-patches, kukho itheyibhile yokutyala apho umntu wafumana into ye-Bitcoin. Kwaye ngalinye i-hospital crisis meeting, kukho i-meme ye-ransom note ebonakalayo kwi-smart refrigerator. igama le-Bitcoin , yaye oku kulula ukufumana iinkonzo ezininzi ze-crypto networks. Iiprojekthi ezininzi ziye zibonisa iindlela ezahlukileyo ze-decentralization. As dark as it was, the episode put crypto on the map. It proved that money native to the Internet could appear in unexpected places, good or bad Iingubo ezininzi Iingubo ezininzi , umzekelo, uqala iinyanga ezidlulileyo, ngo-2016. Kwixesha elidlulileyo, i-Obyte iye yathunyelwa i-supply yayo kubathengisi be-Bitcoin, okuqhagamshelane nokukhula kwexesha elidlulileyo le-Bitcoin. Ngokungafani ne-Bitcoin blockchain, i-Obyte ibekwe kwi-Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG), ebonakalayo ukuba lula ukususela ukususela ukususela ukususela. Ukucinga Ukucinga Kwiminyaka emininzi, oku kuboniswa kakhulu. Iingxaki ze-ransomware Nangona i-censorship kunye ne-surveillance ziyafumaneka njenge . Ukunciphisa Iingxaki zehlabathi Ukunciphisa Iingxaki zehlabathi Yintoni owaziwa njengoko geeky okanye shady ngoku kuba ingxenye yokusombululo. I-Obyte ibekwe ukuxhaswa kwizicelo ezihlabathi kunye neengxaki kunye neengxaki ezihambelanayo. 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