More importantly, Scott said, the rush to blame North Korea distracts from bigger issues — software vulnerabilities resulting from manufacturers’ refusal to incorporate security into their software development, organizations’ failure to protect their systems and client data and the responsibility of governments to “manage, secure, and disclose discovered vulnerabilities.”
“Global attacks are the new normal,” he wrote.
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Talmadge is The AP’s Pyongyang bureau chief. Associated Press writer Edith M. Lederer contributed to this report from the United Nations. Follow Talmadge on twitter.com/EricTalmadge and Instagram at erictalmadge.
