The ransom notice appeared to be chenille mixed embroidery machine displayed in 28 languages, "but only three, the English and the Chinese version (Simplified and Traditional), are likely to have been written by humans", while "nearly all of the ransom notes were machine translated using Google Translate.In a recent analysis, Flashpoint discovered links to someone who was "native or at least fluent" in Chinese after scrutinising the ransom note.
"However, Flashpoint noted the English version of the ransom notice was used by the hacker as a source text for machine translation into other languages.The FBI, Europol and the UK’s National Crime Agency are still investigating who was responsible for the ransomware attack. A typo in the note, "帮组" (bang zu) instead of "帮助" (bang zhu) meaning "help," strongly indicates the note was written using a Chinese-language input system rather than being translated from a different version," Flashpoint wrote in a blogpost.A new analysis by Security Company Flashpoint suggests Chinese-speaking criminals may have been behind the WannaCry ransomware cyber attack that infected over 300,000 computers worldwide."
A number of unique characteristics in the note indicate it was written by a fluent Chinese speaker."One term, "礼拜" for "week," is more common in South China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore; although it is occasionally used in other regions of the country."Perhaps most compelling, the Chinese note contains substantial content not present in any other version of the note, is lengthier, and differs slightly in format," they added.The WannaCry cyber-attack infected more than 300,000 computers in 150 countries, including India, affecting government, healthcare, and businesses, taking advantage of a vulnerability of the Microsoft’s operating system Windows discovered by the National Security Agency and then stolen by a group of hackers calling themselves "Shadow Brokers".At the hackathon conducted by the EC, the hackers will be given five hours - from 10 am to 2 pm.Several political parties including the Congress, and the Aam Aadmi Party had alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had tampered with the machines which resulted in the partys gigantic victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.The ECI had maintained that it will not cancel its plan to conduct the challenge.After the verdict, the hackathon is set to proceed as scheduled. The Uttarakhand High Court on Friday evening rejected a plea seeking to stay the Election Commissions Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) challenge on Saturday according to reports.

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