I remember a technical senior said: The purpose of most hackers is to "make trouble."

It has been a few days since the ransomware virus broke out. Judging from the current situation, the most severely affected country is probably the UK. When the virus broke out, 16 hospitals across the UK were the first to report being attacked by cyberattacks at the same time. , the networks of these hospitals were compromised, and the computers were locked. The screen showed that the hackers required each computer to pay an equivalent amount of 300 US dollars in Bitcoin, otherwise all the computer data would be deleted. (Please note that it is an equivalent amount of 300 US dollars in Bitcoin, not 300 bits. coins).

Having said this, we should insert some information about this ransomware virus. The tool of this ransomware virus is called "Eternal Blue". This is a vulnerability that can remotely break into about 70% of Windows machines around the world. Take advantage of tools. What can Eternal Blue do? Generally speaking, this virus tool can remotely invade and let you execute any program without your consent. Therefore, the ransomware virus coupled with Eternal Blue can directly let you execute the ransomware virus without your consent, lock your computer, and start a series of attacks on any other computers on the same network as you. Many people are aware of precautions and will not easily click on some strange links or emails. Even 99% of 100 people in a school, a company, or a hospital will not click on these strange messages or malicious web pages, which are malicious. Email, but as long as one person clicks on the attachment containing the virus, the entire computer connected to the network will be infected.

So, after the ransomware attack broke out, the medical systems in many British hospitals almost stopped functioning. After the virus broke out, some security experts calculated that the entire attack was spread across more than 99 countries around the world, and those countries that were spared either had almost no computers or almost no network.

After the virus outbreak, British security personnel later discovered that hackers had used domain names to set an emergency stop switch for the ransomware virus. Although security personnel were powerless to do anything about the infected computers, they found that the emergency stop switch In the end, it also prevented the possibility of further large-scale outbreaks of the ransomware virus. However, hackers responded quickly and upgraded the virus to version 2.0, and the switch was invalidated.

So why did hackers make the ransomware incident such a big deal? As we have said before, the purpose of many hackers is to "make trouble". What are the reasons for making trouble? One is for fame, and the other is for profit.

The ransomware virus states that the amount of money extorted by the hacker is Bitcoin equivalent to 300 US dollars. Many people should already know that Bitcoin is an online virtual currency. The biggest feature of Bitcoin is that it is scattered throughout the world. The Internet is completely anonymous and free from all financial restrictions. It is almost difficult to trace an individual from a Bitcoin account. Therefore, this has become the best payment method for hackers to ask for ransom, which is 300 US dollars and more than 2,000 yuan. This global virus outbreak has affected countless people, and there must be many of them who have important data stored in their computers and are willing to spend money to redeem it. One person costs more than 2,000 yuan. Think about it, how much money the hacker will receive.

It is illegal to spread viruses and extort money. If you are caught, you will definitely go to jail. However, for some hackers, they don’t care much about this - sometimes being caught is equivalent to becoming famous. Think about it, a virus that spreads all over the world, although only computers that have not been updated with patches will be affected, but many people will also suffer, and if they are caught, they will become famous. Nicholas Webb, a genius hacker in the UK, was wanted by the police but repeatedly evaded arrest by relying on technology. He sent an email to the police, saying that he could be caught as long as he cracked the program loophole.

Relying on the clues provided by Weber himself, the police finally caught him in a hotel. "If I didn't do this, you would never catch me, but I wanted to be famous, so I showed off on purpose," Weber said.

Hackers are all technical talents. If these talents use their wisdom in the right way, they will make a great contribution to society. However, hackers such as those who publish ransomware, although they are very powerful, have been caught. Later, he also had to face jail time.