A devastating cyberattack initially targeting Ukraine’s infrastructure spread like wildfire across the globe on Tuesday, and in the space of just a couple of hours, locked down the computer systems and demanded ransoms from hundreds of organizations including shipping giant Maersk, the world’s largest advertising holding company WPP, and even the Chernobyl nuclear reactor.
The attack has been widely reported as a straight-up criminal enterprise spreading ransomware in order to make money, but on that front, it was a dud. Despite infecting thousands of computers, the so-called ransomware has generated just over $10,000 for the hackers, a tiny fraction of the …read more
Source: VICE News
