Security News > 2022 > February > CISA and FBI warn of potential data wiping attacks spillover
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned US organizations that data wiping attacks targeting Ukraine could spill over to targets from other countries.
Although the two malware strains have only been deployed against Ukrainian networks so far, the threat actors deploying them could also accidentally hit other targets, and US organizations should be ready to prevent such devastating attacks.
"Further disruptive cyberattacks against organizations in Ukraine are likely to occur and may unintentionally spill over to organizations in other countries," CISA and the FBI stated.
The warning comes on the heels of malware attacks against Ukraine using the HermeticWiper malware and ransomware decoys with the end goal of destroying data on targets' devices and rendering them unbootable.
The joint advisory shares HermeticWiper and WhisperGate malware information and indicators of compromise to help organizations detect and block such malware.
The FBI and CISA also encouraged organizations to preserve forensic data for internal investigations or possible law enforcement investigations and report any associated incidents.