By the time anyone noticed the problem, it was far too late. Hackers had compromised the network of a popular Ukraine-based maker of tax software with malware as far back as April, then waited until June 27 before pushing out a malicious update. It quickly spread across the globe, infecting multinational businesses like shipping giant Maersk and WPP, the world’s biggest advertising group.
In Ukraine, entire government departments were blacked out, with staff forced to use their own cell phones to communicate the scale of the problem. Some companies have still not fully recovered from the attack; others may never recover. …read more
Source: VICE News
