On the 27th June 2017 a wide scale cyber attack Occurred. Encrypting devices throughout 80 companies to a point beyond repair, the White House estimated the attack resulted in $10 billion worth of damages worldwide. 80% of computers infected belonged to Ukrainian organisations, their partnering companies or organisations with offices networked there.The malware spread through M.E.Doc, accounting software used heavily across Ukraine. Cyber experts noted that although being more severe and widespread, the attacks shared code with previously identified piece of malware Petya, prompting them to name this new piece “NotPetya”
Wannacry - 5 Years Later
On the 12th of May 2017 a global malware attack was identified. Targeting Windows computers all over the world, it would encrypt a user’s data and demand a ransom payment in Bitcoin. Wannacry, as the malware became known, was one of the worst recorded cyber attacks on record. Within a day the ransomware was reported to have infected over 230 thousand computers in over 150 countries…
Green energy is not immune to cyber attack : Nordex
On Thursday 31st March 2022, a large manufacturer of wind turbines, The Nordex Group, discovered a cyber security incident on their infrastructure. Conti, the hacking group, has since claimed responsibility for the incident, which indicates that this was a ransomware based attack.