The WannaCry malware that spread early this summer has been publicly blamed on North Korea by UK officials. According to Security Minister Ben Wallace, who spoke on the topic during a BBC interview, North Korea is the most likely state actor. Details of the investigation weren't shared.
This attack, we believe quite strongly came from a foreign state. North Korea was the state that we believe was involved in this worldwide attack on our systems...We can be as sure as possible. I can't obviously go into the detailed intelligence but it is widely believed in the community and across a number of countries that North Korea had taken this role.- Wallace
Microsoft, Symantec, and others have publicly placed blame on North Korea based on the available evidence and it was reported in June that UK officials were already linking WannaCry to the dictatorship.
The malware affected hundreds of UK doctor's offices and many National Health Care trusts.
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