Microsoft shames US, world governments for ‘stockpiling’ vulnerabilities after massive ransomware attack

Published May 14, 2017 10:30pm ET



Microsoft scolded the United States and other countries on Sunday for “stockpiling” software “vulnerabilities” that can cripple computers around the world after a massive ransomware attack, tied to a leaked trove of NSA spy tools, hit at least 150 countries beginning on Friday.

“The governments of the world should treat this attack as a wake-up call,” said Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer, in a blog post Sunday.

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