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Comment by cottsak | Hacker News Reader

The point may simply be to move the attention away from the NSA, who are perhaps the real authors of WannaCry.

So the logic conclusion for you is not that North Korea did this who has no foreign currency and minimal income. But rather it was the NSA who is bankrolled by the US government and who will be receiving additional funds in the upcoming budget process.

Makes complete sense.

I don't know who did it. I'm just saying it's not a stretch to accuse the NSA given their history with hacking tools becoming public and the Snowden leaks.

To use the revenue generating argument from the OP article as a good indicator of the author is weak at best.

Why is the revenue generating argument weak? Even Kasperky who was unsure of the author is leaning towards it being NK.

Yes they are, but not on the basis of revenue.

One of those groups has the funding and experience to create malware that finds its way into 150000 computers. This group already monitors billions of other devices.

The other is an isolated nation that's decades behind on technology, only recently building weapons that can compete on a global scale, and struggles to feed its starving population.

It wouldn't be the first or even hundredth time that the US gov did something shady and pinned it on an enemy. It's less about the money and more about justifying their expanding powers.

The exploit utilized was developed by NSA employees no? And then leaked and then used by whomever (maybe North Koreans, maybe someone else)?

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