There’s new evidence tying WCry ransomware worm to prolific hacking group

Common tools, techniques, and infrastructure make link "highly likely."

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[mademperor]

Why aren't we hearing of the arrest, trial & conviction for the murders/manslaughter these "people" have committed?

Have people died because of this? If not, why would anyone be tried for murder or manslaughter?

Whatever you think of them, the ones who created WCry are still people just like anyone else.

Even if you get a few other black hats that weren't involved in the recent attacks, charge them with something else & throw away the key anyway (be fun if one had to arrest staff of the NSA, FBI though).

What purpose would it serve to lock people away for a crime they didn't commit, other than to make you feel better? I would prefer a democracy to require proof in order to convict someone.

 

[mademperor]

As for "people", put another tag there if you like such as "terrorist".

Tagging people or groups of people like this only serves to make it easier to apply different rules to them than you would like to see applied to yourself. I strive for a society where the rules are the same for everyone.

I do this for selfish reasons: I would not like someone to be able to lock me up if I were accused of something without proof.