Ukraine’s ransomware attack was a ruse to hide culprit’s identity, researchers say

Publié par : pintejp | juillet 14, 2017

Ukraine’s ransomware attack was a ruse to hide culprit’s identity, researchers say

Employees read a ransomware demand for the payment of $300 worth of bitcoin on company computers infected by the Petya software virus inside a retail store in Kiev, Ukraine, on June 28. (Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg News)

The cyber attack that crippled computer systems in Ukraine and other countries this week employed a ruse — the appearance of being ransomware — that seems designed to deflect attention from the attacker’s true identity, security researchers said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/this-weeks-global-ransomware-attack-was-a-ruse-to-deflect-attention-from-the-true-culprit-researchers-say/2017/06/29/da455a0e-5cf0-11e7-9b7d-14576dc0f39d_story.html