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Blaming North Korea For WannaCry, White House Wants Greater Cooperation With Industry

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 19th, 2017

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Blaming North Korea For WannaCry, White House Wants Greater Cooperation With Industry

Thomas Bossert, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. Photo: Atlantic Council.

The Trump administration on Tuesday publicly attributed a global ransomware attack earlier this year to the North Korean government, saying the release of the WannaCry malware demonstrates the need for the government and industry to further enhance their collaboration to better secure the U.S. and its critical infrastructures from cyber threats.In addition to the U.S., Britain also charged North Korea with the WannaCry attack, which infected several hundred thousand computers in about 150 countries, including impacting the United Kingdom’s National…

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