: :inin Kyiv (EET)

New wave of cyberattacks spreads from Russia across globe


Some IT specialists identified the newcomer as “Petrwrap”, a modified version of ransomware called Petya which circulated last year. AFP file photo

KIEV: A wave of cyberattacks hit Russia and Ukraine before spreading to western Europe and North America on Tuesday, in the second global outbreak of so-called ransomware in less than two months.
Ukraine’s central bank, Kiev’s main airport, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site, and a string of multinational companies, including US pharmaceutical giant Merck, Russian state oil giant Rosneft, British advertising giant WPP and French industrial group Saint-Gobain, were among the victims.
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