In the United States launched an investigation into a large-scale attack of the virus-the extortioner Petya
Uncategorized June 28, 2017
In the United States initiated an investigation of the incident on the eve of a large-scale attack of the virus-the extortioner Petya, which was subjected to hundreds of computers in different countries. In addition, the United States and Israel decided to establish a working group to develop new methods of identifying cyber threats. Experts, meanwhile, suggest that the virus-cryptographer June 27 began with computer networks of Ukraine.
In a statement, national security Council the White house says the US investigate the incident, virus attack and seek to identify those responsible for it, reports Reuters. Currently, the virus does not pose a threat to public safety, said the Agency.
The Department of homeland security, the U.S. reported that it is monitoring the cyber attacks, and coordinates its work with other countries. The Agency advised the victims of the virus not to pay the extortionists the money they demand from users for unlocking the infected computers. The Ministry explained that the fee does not guarantee the restoration of access to encrypted data.
The national security Agency (NSA) of the USA comments on a topic not given. The secret service previously announced publicly whether she has developed a hacking mechanisms, which leaked to the Internet in April this year organized a group of hackers, calling themselves Shadow Brokers. Earlier media reportedthat the virus WannaCry, the attack which may have exposed hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide, was modified from a program by the NSA.
American nuclear power plants could be subjected to cyber attack
According to ABC News, U.S. authorities are investigating a break-in of the computer system at least one nuclear power plant in the United States. There is no evidence of a violation of any “especially important and / or operating systems,” explained the sides of the channel. Instead, as suggested by the authorities, suffered less important, business-related part of the system. What kind of plant it is, is not specified.
Meanwhile, the United States and Israel decided to establish a working group aimed at countering cyber threats. This was announced by the assistant to the President for homeland security and counter-terrorism Thomas Bossert at the international conference on Cyber Week in tel Aviv, reports AP. According to him, the us-Israeli partnership will be aimed at “termination of the malicious activity on the network and identifying ways of bringing to justice the perpetrators.”
Also speaking at the conference Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that his country every month going through dozens of cyber attacks. According to him, the Israeli government created “kiberset ‘” with dozens of companies to work together on security issues. Now Israel is ready to cooperate with other countries, stated Netanyahu.
The infection started from Ukraine and came to India
Experts ESET virus lab believe that the virus Petya began with Ukraine, which more than other countries suffered from cyber attacks. “The outbreak seems to have started in Ukraine”, – quotes RIA “news” the message of the company.
According to the rating ESET for countries affected by the virus, Ukraine has suffered the greatest harm. On the second place among the affected States is Italy, the third – Israel. The top ten also included Serbia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Argentina, Czech Republic and Germany. Russia in this list is on the 14th place.
As reported by Bloomberg, virus-cryptographer Petya reached and Asia. According to the Ministry of shipping of India, because of a cyber attack there was a failure of the cargo terminal, which is operated by A. P. Moller-Maersk, the largest container port them. Jawaharlal Nehru. Object called Gateway Terminal India can not determine the identity of the goods, which prevents the loading and unloading, said the Agency.
On the eve of dozens of companies around the world have been hacked by virus-ransomware Petya. The first affected the Russian and Ukrainian oil, telecommunications and financial companies. The Trojan is distributed similarly sensational in may, the virus WannaCry. Petya locks computers and demands $ 300 in bitcoins per unlock. Experts have attributed both attacks with the spring publication of the exploits the NSA group The Shadow Brokers. According to estimates, “Kaspersky Lab”, extortion suffered more than 2 million users.
According to preliminary estimates, the company Group-IB, specializing in computer security and cyber defence, virus attacked, nearly 80 companies, most of whom were Ukrainian. Russia was attacked by “Rosneft”, “Bashneft”, Mars, Nivea and Mondelez International (maker of chocolate Alpen Gold). The Bank of Russia also reported cyber attacks on Russian credit institutions which have not led to disturbances in the operation of banks.
A cyber attack reported and foreign companies, including British
advertising group WPP, Spanish representing one of the largest in
world law firms DLA Piper, reports “Interfax”. Among
the victims was a French manufacturer of building materials Cie. de Saint-Gobain, the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. in the United States and an unnamed Norwegian company – her message quoting the security services.