Linguistic analysis of WannaCry ransomware points to native Chinese speakers
Maybe it wasn't North Korea, after all?

WannaCry ransom note analysis indicates native Chinese speaker
A linguistic analysis of the WannaCry ransom note indicates that the malware was designed by native Chinese speakers, and the use of Google Translate in order to translate the ransom note into multiple...
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