04 August 2017 13:08:45 IST

Hackers behind WannaCry cashed out Bitcoins

They have converted it to the more anonymous cryptocurrency Monero

WannaCry 1.0 and 2.0 malware authors have cashed in their Bitcoin cryptocurrency and converted it to the more anonymous and harder to track cryptocurrency Monero. According to researchers and tracking companies, the authors of both attacks might be the same but there's no way to tell for sure.

Vice's Motherboard , which got exclusive details on the cases, explains how this isn't the first time anonymous hackers have profited from their 'literature'. Click to read more.