How a Hacker Named P4x Took Down North Korea’s Internet By Krista Stevens Highlight North Korea hacked him. Things got personal.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Franklin Foer, Andy Greenberg, Jerry Saltz, Sara Selevitch, and Kyle Buchanan.
The ‘Accidental Hero’ Who Saved the Internet from WannaCry By Krista Stevens Highlight “That’s when her son came upstairs and told her, a little uncertainly, that he seemed to have stopped the worst malware attack the world had ever seen.”
Who was Behind the First State-Sponsored Computer Attack? The Russians, Quelle Surprise By Krista Stevens Highlight “Don’t go screwing with information that belongs to innocent people!”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Paul Kiel & Justin Elliot, Andy Greenberg, Mary Heglar, Katherine Miller, and Kyle Chayka.
Russian Malware Is Really Killin’ It Lately By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight When Russia attacked Ukraine with sophicated malware in 2017, it caused over $10 billion dollars worth of damage and revealed the whole world’s vulnerabilities.