Eugen RochkoThe British tabloid press has doxxed the guy who stopped WannaCry https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/05/15/doxing-hero-stopped-wannacry-irresponsible-dumb/
inmysocks Of Doom, Naked KSC@Gargron do they want bad things to happen to whoever did it or are they just assholes?
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK@inmysocks @Gargron a bit of both [and yes they are arseholes as we call them over here].
There is still a really strong cultural divide between journalists (and to a lesser extent other "liberal arts" professionals) and techies/engineers, especially within those who have been through the University education system that entrenches this. Such attitudes are completely outdated and unhelpful but still exist in UK (maybe even more so than rest of Europe)
Stefanie Schulte@vfrmedia @inmysocks @Gargron My guess is that they were simply after a "good" headline and didn't care about the consequences (or they didn't care enough, at least).
@stefanieschulte @inmysocks @Gargron the UK's press freedom is very high but does not protect individuals especially if they have been involved in any kind of incident (even if they are victims of road accident etc) - I think NL has the right balance where they seem to limit what can be published. DE and FR have even higher privacy rules ut (from reading the local news in these languages) I get impression this is used to "hide bad news" sometimes..
Wolfgang@stefanieschulte @inmysocks @Gargron @vfrmedia from my perspective it's not a hiding of news, but positive to secure victims and not to name suspects of a crime which is under investigation. Often the facts need some time to be evaluated. So a headline like 'WannaCry is from North Korea' is nice, but not evaluated...
@vilbi @stefanieschulte @inmysocks @Gargron also Asian hackers (in the whole continent, inclduing KR(S), SG, MY, PH etc) have a sense of humour and sometimes deliberately identify themselves as "North Koreans" as a joke (as part of inverting popular stereotypes about Asians)