The WannaCry attacks appeared to have been planned in such haste that some questioned whether North Korea’s hackers had accidentally let their attack code escape before it was ready. Or perhaps they had simply been testing their tools, clueless to the potency of their newfound NSA weapon. Whatever the explanation, they not only failed to generate income or cover their tracks but also managed to piss off their biggest backer and benefactor, China. China’s addiction to bootlegged software left its systems among the hardest hit.
