So if a computer has the ransomware it has a chance to spread like wildfire. Luckily for the users Microsoft released an emergency security patch when they found out about the vulnerability and blocked the ransomware from becoming widespread. The Eternal Blue exploit would not be directly considered an act of war but, for example, wikileaks could be looked at as an act of war because they leaked alleged CIA documents for the country to see which the United states might take as an act of war to the publisher of Wikileaks. Which the United States wouldn't classify as an act of war because they have yet to figure out what would constitute an act of war from a cyber attack. Eventually the United states government will fully grasp how threatening and dangerous cyber attacks could be. The government should start thinking about how to deal with these cyberattacks now before it’s too late. For example imagine a scenario where our country's missile launches are getting hacked if we don't have an infrastructure set up to deal with it now, it will be too late when the time comes to deal with it. Imagine not having a plan for natural disasters, that’s how it will turn
So if a computer has the ransomware it has a chance to spread like wildfire. Luckily for the users Microsoft released an emergency security patch when they found out about the vulnerability and blocked the ransomware from becoming widespread. The Eternal Blue exploit would not be directly considered an act of war but, for example, wikileaks could be looked at as an act of war because they leaked alleged CIA documents for the country to see which the United states might take as an act of war to the publisher of Wikileaks. Which the United States wouldn't classify as an act of war because they have yet to figure out what would constitute an act of war from a cyber attack. Eventually the United states government will fully grasp how threatening and dangerous cyber attacks could be. The government should start thinking about how to deal with these cyberattacks now before it’s too late. For example imagine a scenario where our country's missile launches are getting hacked if we don't have an infrastructure set up to deal with it now, it will be too late when the time comes to deal with it. Imagine not having a plan for natural disasters, that’s how it will turn