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I find one of the responses pretty compelling:

> This is a distinction without meaning. Infosec frequently uses the same name to refer to a vulnerability and a corresponding exploit. I don't agree with the framing of the story either, but calling it "fake news" is a serious accusation that goes too far.

https://twitter.com/mehaase/status/1132366433491533824

I'm less interested in the accusations and more about the content.

Digging into this a bit more and reading between the lines of the nytimes article, it sounds to me like EternalBlue was indeed used as part of the attack chain, for lateral movement. It was not the only exploit used, nor would the attack have been wholly prevented without it.

https://twitter.com/nicoleperlroth/status/113232602124240076...

interesting! thanks for linking that