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From: FJB7/5/2017 11:14:29 AM
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‘Wiper Malware’ in Global Attack Actually Destroys Data

BY ALDRIN BROWN ON JUNE 30, 2017

Security experts now say the hacker campaign that struck infrastructure and businesses around the world this week was merely posing as a ransomware attack, and is actually designed to destroy target files. Read More

“In previous versions of ‘similar’ ransomware (like Petya/Mischa/GoldenEye) this installation ID contained the information necessary for key recovery,” the statement from the security software vendor explained. “ExPetr does not have that, which means that the threat actor could not extract the necessary information needed for decryption.

“In short, victims could not recover their data.”
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