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The U.S. Department of Justice has charged six Russian intelligence operatives for hacking operations related to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the 2017 French elections, and the notorious NotPetya ransomware attack. Believed to be part of the elite Russian hacking group known as "Sandworm", the indictment states that all six individuals are part of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate known as GRU. "No country has weaponized its cyber capabilities as maliciously or irresponsibly as Russia, wantonly causing unprecedented damage to pursue small tactical advantages and to satisfy fits of spite," said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers.
The European Union has, for the first time ever, slapped sanctions on hacking crews. "Sanctions are one of the options available in the EU's cyber diplomacy toolbox to prevent, deter and respond to malicious cyber activities directed against the EU or its member states, and today is the first time the EU has used this tool," the EU said of the decision.
Maersk is preparing to make 150 job cuts at its UK command-and-control centre in Maidenhead - the one that rebuilt the global shipping giant's IT infrastructure after the infamous 2017 NotPetya ransomware outbreak. Company insiders told The Register they were first made aware of the situation in January, when confused staff found job adverts online for their own roles, posted by Indian outsourcer UCS, which is understood to be taking over the running of an outsourced CCC for Maersk.
Many executives either don't know what their company's cyber defense is, lack budget, or spend too much time analyzing rather than taking action. In a new poll of 2,800 cyber security practitioners and C-suite executives, 65% cite destructive cyber attacks like NotPetya as a top cyber security concern.
This is the second such suit, with shareholders asking why execs sold $40m+ of their shares while downplaying the ransomware attack.
When UK and US govts said it was Russia, they weren't thinking of the litigators! Analysis The defining feature of cyberwarfare is the fact that both the weapon and the target is the network...
This will complicate things: To complicate matters, having cyber insurance might not cover everyone's losses. Zurich American Insurance Company refused to pay out a $100 million claim from...
In October 2018, Mondelez International filed suit against Zurich American Insurance Company. At stake is a $100 million insurance claim for damage caused by NotPetya. Zurich has rejected the...
Snack company client disagrees, sues for $100m US snack food giant Mondelez is suing its insurance company for $100m after its claim for cleaning up a massive NotPetya ransomware infection was...
NCC Group discovers network-saving quirk during worm tests An infosec firm has unleashed a NotPetya-style worm onto a customer’s network – and discovered that a simple Windows Active Directory...