A recent international cyber attack that began in Ukraine involved sophisticated malware called “NotPetya” and was likely carried out by the Russian government or hackers associated with Moscow, according to U.S. officials and private security researchers.
The malware masquerades as ransomware—programs that scramble data inside penetrated computers and then demand payment from victims to unscramble the data. But in reality the latest global outbreak was the work of data-destroying hackers seeking to undermine Ukraine’s economy.
The latest outbreak was described as a variant of a true ransomware program called Petya but has been dubbed NotPetya by the U.S. government and private researchers.
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Source: The Washington Free Beacon
