[Kristie Lu Stout, Cnn News Stream Show:] You're watching "News Stream." These are your world headlines. Russia and China reacting to a landmark national security speech by U.S. President Donald Trump, one in which he touted America first and called Russia and China rival powers. Russia has blasted the plan as imperial, while China is urging the U.S. to abandon its "outdated cold war mentally and zero-sum game." A plane carrying African migrants in Libya has landed in Paris. It's part of a new program to move the most vulnerable refugees to Europe. The group of 25 was freeze freed in Niger. The safe passage flight follows CNN's reporting on modern slave markets in Libya. Fans around the world are remembering K-pop star Kim Jong-hyun. The lead singer of Shinee died Monday in an apparent suicide. His sister called the police after reportedly receiving troubling text messages that read, please let me go, and final farewell. The White House is blaming North Korea for one of the year's biggest cyber attacks. The "WannaCry" malware plagued computers around the world earlier this year including critical banking and hospital networks. CNN's Samuel Burke joins me now from London with more on the story. Samuel, the White House says North Korea is behind it and it is not the only one who has pointed the finger at Pyongyang.
[Samuel Burke, Cnn Business And Technology News Correspondent:] Not just the United States back in June. U.K. security forces told me that they had concluded the U.K. government that North Korea was behind the attack and there are also private security firms like Symantec, though important to note while they've concluded that it was the Lazarus Group, which many have linked to North Korea, they're not certain that they're actually North Koreans. Even if they're doing the work of the North Koreans, they say there are linguistic footprints left behind that make them believe that they are Chinese, but other investigators have not been able to conclude the same thing. And also important to note that Microsoft has concluded that it was North Korea behind this attack. What's interesting about Microsoft and the fact that the United States government is now saying that they believe that North Korea is behind it is that every security expert whom I've spoken to, Kristie, they told me that they believe that what happened here was whatever hacking group did this, they were able to exploit a vulnerability in windows that was able to be exploited because of code that was leaked from the NSA. So, here, the United States government is pointing the finger, though not talking about some of the responsibility that they may have indirectly had. What is amazing about this hack to me still is that something happened in the cyber world that affected us in the physical world, especially here in U.K., the national health care system hospitals affected to the point that they had to cancel outpatient procedures and appointments.
[Lu Stout:] Yes, I mean, it hit at least 150 countries, hundreds of thousands of computers around the world. I remember when the story broke, we had to raced you in the program talking about it. "WannaCry" is ransomware. It holds computers ransom by refusing to unlock unless you pay a fee. And the "WannaCry" ransom was demanded in bitcoin. That's turned into quite an upside for the hackers, hasn't it?
[Burke:] They wouldn't accept dollars. They wouldn't accept pounds. At the time, it was $300 worth of bitcoin. So let's say it is the North Koreans, if the United States government is correct, that $300 worth of bitcoin has risen 955 percent, so that very same bitcoin they would be holding for each of the ransoms would be worth at a minimum $2,865 today. We talked a lot about North Korea's nuclear potential, but here their digital arms seemed to be quite strong and they affects trading as well, an incredible investment, if you look at it that way.
[Lu Stout:] Yes, absolutely, just times that to what, 230,000 computers that were infected back in the day, that's a lot of bitcoin. There we go. Samuel Burke, thank you for your reporting. Take care. Now, the governor of Puerto Rico has ordered the review of the number of people killed when Hurricane Maria hit. The death toll currently stands officially at 64, but CNN investigation found it to be much higher. Leyla Santiago has more.
[Leyla Santiago, Cnn Correspondent:] A change in tone coming from the government of Puerto Rico. The governor saying that he wants a thorough review of the deaths related to Hurricane Maria. Why the change? Well, it is because the government has stood by those numbers all along. Right now the death toll stands at 64, but when we investigated, we found that they could be much higher. We called 279 funeral homes and funeral directors reported 499 deaths that could be related to Hurricane Maria. And when we recently took a look at the number of deaths reported from the government itself, we found a spike in the number of deaths after Hurrican Maria, a significant spike compared to last year and the year before. And, of course, there are#e the cases we presented to the government, cases we thought could fall under certified death. The case of Jose Pepe Sanchez, a gentleman who died during Hurricane Maria, called 911. The family called 911 and was not able to get help. After our investigation, the government added Pepe's death to the certified count and his family is now expected to get extra help to cover funeral expenses. As many questions surround the certified deaths, Puerto Rico as an island is still struggling with power. The government says 69 percent generation when it comes to power, but many municipalities that we have spoken say distribution of power is much, much less. Leyla Santiago, CNN, Mexico City.
[Lu Stout:] The 2018 Pyeongchang winter games are drawing near and security is a major concern. So, U.S. and South Korean marines are running drills for pair with a bit short list hand-to-hand combat in the snow. Paula Hancocks has more.
[Paula Hancocks, Cnn International Correspondent:] In the mountains of Pyeongchang where the Winter Olympics will be held in just a little less than two months, right now what we are seeing is a military drill between the U.S. and South Korean marines, 220 on each side in these mountains, trying to hone their combat skills in sub-zero temperatures for this winter military drill and it gets cold here. It can get as cold as minus 20 degrees Celsius, that is minus four degrees Fahrenheit. Officially, we are told there is no specific enemy in mind for these drills. North Korea is 50 miles, 80 kilometers away from here. So clearly it's not a stretch to imagine that could be one scenario that they are preparing for. Even though this is an annual drill, the Americans have been involved since 2013. That is definitely an added edge here this year, an added significance. And then there is this. Clearly, they're working on their hand-to-hand combat there. Wrestling skills. It's not 100 percent clear though why they have to take their tops off in order to do that. But bear in mind, it is incredibly cold here. I am struggling to string a sentence together so you have to have some respect for what they're doing here. North Korea, they clearly doesn't have respect for this day in the past. They have called this particular military drill "madcap" and any kind of drills between the U.S. and South Korea will annoy Pyongyang. Spectators, athletes, media from across the globe will be coming here to Pyeongchang in early February. And authorities say they just want to make sure that they have prepared for every eventuality. The Korean marines we saw here today will be part of the security detail for the games. Paula Hancocks, CNN, Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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