The failure of the perpetrators to auction it for big money, the leveraging of a long-known vulnerability, the low ransom demand in global parallel attacks (which decreases chances of being paid) and the fact that Russia has been dramatically hit, are all signs that the perpetrators could be American hackers frustrated by their failure to make big money. The attack has the signs of being the work of a group that preferred expressive impact over a modest amount of money. […] It was a global show of strength, an expressive one, that caused relatively low financial and operational damage, and ought to be used by UK government as a powerful reminder to revise its cyber security strategies. (Cristal, 2017)
ID | Name | Address | Phone | Password | |
1 | Faisal | 10 ABC Street, Some Town | faisal@abc.com | 01234 567890 | hisPass |
2 | John | 20 ABC Street, Some Town | john@abc.com | 01234 123456 | myPass |
3 | Mei-ling | 30 ABC Street, Some Town | meiling@abc.com | 01234 098765 | herPass |
… | … | … | … | … | … |
156959 | Bert | 1 DEF Drive, Another Town | Bert99@abc.com | 01567 987654 | BertHasAtleastTriedtoUseA securePassword^3 |
ID | Name | Address | Phone | Password | |
2 | John | 20 ABC Street, Some Town | john@abc.com | 01234 123456 | myPass |