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Petya or NotPetya, That is the Question

On the 27th June 2017 a wide scale cyber attack Occurred. Encrypting devices throughout 80 companies to a point beyond repair, the White House estimated the attack resulted in $10 billion worth of damages worldwide. 80% of computers infected belonged to Ukrainian organisations, their partnering companies or organisations with offices networked there.The malware spread through M.E.Doc, accounting software used heavily across Ukraine. Cyber experts noted that although being more severe and widespread, the attacks shared code with previously identified piece of malware Petya, prompting them to name this new piece “NotPetya”

Five Eyes Release Cyber Security Advisory

On 20th April 2022, the Five Eyes intelligence alliance released a Cyber Security advisory (CSA) on the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the wider cyber world. Russian organisations have previously targeted Ukrainian critical national infrastructure with the infamous ‘NotPetya’ and ‘BlackEnergy’ attacks (more details from NCSC UK and CISA USA).