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A variant of DoublePulsar was first seen in the wild in March 2016, as discovered by Symantec. 1624: 1288: 761: 694: 540: 194: 2013: 1185: 847: 827: 1965: 1686: 1639: 1547: 1474: 1258: 622: 869: 725: 1283: 648: 108: 352: 8: 1773: 801: 617: 150: 1130: 1911: 1906: 1803: 1432: 1195: 1121: 811: 612: 166: 162: 120: 1953: 1134: 643: 289:"Wana Decrypt0r Ransomware Using NSA Exploit Leaked by Shadow Brokers Is on a Rampage" 1916: 1798: 1768: 1372: 1228: 586: 550: 378:"Stolen NSA hacking tools were used in the wild 14 months before Shadow Brokers leak" 124: 1844: 1696: 1619: 1268: 1205: 1080: 529: 1542: 318:"Today's Massive Ransomware Attack Was Mostly Preventable; Here's How To Avoid It" 235:"DoublePulsar malware spreading rapidly in the wild following Shadow Brokers dump" 1854: 1829: 1793: 1721: 1634: 1629: 1273: 1065: 975: 679: 1949: 1593: 1588: 1278: 1263: 1253: 1248: 1180: 1155: 1150: 1145: 1090: 864: 545: 116: 96: 66: 20: 735: 1992: 1716: 1175: 1126: 1660: 1614: 1378: 1233: 1223: 1116: 1111: 1106: 980: 796: 1896: 1886: 1834: 1742: 1598: 1408: 1238: 1100: 965: 154: 131: 1839: 1824: 1752: 1492: 1396: 1348: 1324: 1312: 1170: 1095: 1085: 1075: 1060: 1020: 945: 576: 450: 303:">10,000 Windows computers may be infected by advanced NSA backdoor" 146: 1870: 1747: 1711: 1701: 1573: 1390: 1140: 1070: 1010: 571: 45: 1778: 1706: 1691: 1510: 1486: 1360: 1342: 1243: 1165: 1000: 985: 1945: 1808: 1681: 1644: 1578: 1557: 1527: 1480: 1462: 1384: 1318: 1015: 1005: 990: 170: 1937: 1891: 1783: 1737: 1552: 1366: 1336: 1215: 1200: 1030: 581: 337: 1516: 1456: 1426: 406:"DoublePulsar Initial SMB Backdoor Ring 0 Shellcode Analysis" 333:"How One Simple Trick Just Put Out That Huge Ransomware Fire" 1788: 1583: 73: 767: 431:"NSA's DoublePulsar Kernel Exploit In Use Internet-Wide" 353:"Player 3 Has Entered the Game: Say Hello to 'WannaCry'" 123:in early 2017. The tool infected more than 200,000 149:security bug, and use DoublePulsar as the primary 19:For the only known double pulsar star system, see 1990: 141:Sean Dillon, senior analyst of security company 807:Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections 400: 398: 214:"Win32/Equation.DarkPulsar.A | ESET Virusradar" 1973: 466: 395: 250:"Double Pulsar NSA leaked hacks in the wild" 229: 227: 130:in only a few weeks, and was used alongside 777:Democratic National Committee cyber attacks 277:. 4 May 2017 – via www.bloomberg.com. 1980: 1966: 721:Office of Personnel Management data breach 473: 459: 169:, the latter of which can be used to load 224: 480: 330: 271:"Seriously, Beware the 'Shadow Brokers'" 265: 263: 315: 1991: 454: 260: 1932: 247: 772:Commission on Elections data breach 111:implant tool developed by the U.S. 13: 14: 2025: 932:Jeff Bezos phone hacking incident 1936: 1505:Microarchitectural Data Sampling 741:Ukrainian Power Grid Cyberattack 649:Cyberterrorism attack of June 25 853:2017 Ukraine ransomware attacks 690:2014 JPMorgan Chase data breach 423: 370: 345: 685:2014 celebrity nude photo leak 324: 309: 295: 281: 241: 206: 182: 1: 922:Bulgarian revenue agency hack 700:Russian hacker password theft 316:Cameron, Dell (13 May 2017). 176: 1952:. 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