Tuesday’s massive ransomware outbreak was, in fact, something much worse
'Tuesday's massive outbreak of malware that shut down computers around the world has been almost universally blamed on ransomware, which by definition seeks to make money by unlocking data held hostage only if victims pay a hefty fee. Now, some researchers are drawing an even bleaker assessment—that the malware was a wiper with the objective of permanently destroying hard drives.' -- source: https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/06/petya-outbreak-was-a-chaos-sowing-w... Welcome to cyber warfare... Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
On Thu, 29 Jun 2017, at 08:55, Peter Reutemann wrote:
Now, some researchers are drawing an even bleaker assessment—that the malware was a wiper with the objective of permanently destroying hard drives.'
It's like we're back to the good old days, when viruses were viruses and not just for crowdfunding! ;-) E -------------------------------------------- Q: Why is this email five sentences or less? A: http://five.sentenc.es
Now, some researchers are drawing an even bleaker assessment—that the malware was a wiper with the objective of permanently destroying hard drives.'
It's like we're back to the good old days, when viruses were viruses and not just for crowdfunding!
Looks more and more like the "crowdfunding aspect" was just a cover... "The Petya Ransomware Is Starting To Look Like a Cyberattack in Disguise" https://it.slashdot.org/story/17/06/28/2045256 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
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