Virus-extortionist today, June 27, attacked the computer systems of Ukraine and Russia. About the attacks in the United States is not reported.
The national Bank of Ukraine has warned banks and other participants in the financial sector about the ongoing attack for several Ukrainian banks, as well as some commercial enterprises and public sectors.
«As a result of these attacks, these banks have experienced difficulties with customer service and banking operations», — said the NBU. The national Bank noted that security measures are strengthened, and attempts of attacks will be neutralized.
In addition, among the victims of the virus, in particular, the company «Kyivenergo» and «Ukrenergo», the airport «Borispol», Kiev metro (where, according to residents, it is impossible to pay by credit cards), website of the Cabinet, New mail and some other companies.
It is also reported that virus-cryptographer Petya And reminds WannaCry. The message appeared on the screen of the computers (the same everywhere), it says that the files on the hard drive encrypted and to decrypt them you want to send $ 300 to the address of your Bitcoin wallet.
Kiev Borispol airport warned of possible flight delays.
«Today at the airport and in several large public sector enterprises contingency — spam-attack. Our IT services try joint efforts to resolve the situation,» wrote the acting Director of the airport Yevhen Dykhne on his page in Facebook.
Were attacked and Russian companies, particularly Rosneft and Bashneft.
On servers, the Company implemented a powerful hacker attack. We hope that this has nothing to do with the current judicial procedures.
PJSC «NC «Rosneft» (@RosneftRu) June 27, 2017
The history of ransomware:
- For the first time this type of virus was recorded in 1989 — 20 years before bitcoin. Then the program AIDS Trojan was distributed on floppy disks. The virus encrypted all the files on the C drive of the computer and asked to send $189 to a mailbox in Panama, Forbes says.
- In 2006, widespread new virus-extortionist Archievus. The program has deprived users of access to the folder «My Documents».
- In 2008-2009, disguised as anti-virus software viruses extortionists demanded $100 for the «removal» of problems in the system.
- Acclaimed in 2012, Reveton Trojan and forced users to pay for unlocking their computer using the prepaid voucher of Ukash or Paysafecard.
- In addition to bitcoin, the attackers use other cryptocurrencies altcoins. For example, virus-extortionist Kirk, encryption about 625 different types of files using Protocol RSA-4096, is required to pay in cryptocurrency Monero.
- One of the most famous ransomware called WannaCry was actively spreading around the world in may 2017. Attacks recorded in 74 countries around the world.
In total, the virus in one day struck more than 200 thousand computers. According to estimates by the end of may 2017, virus-extortionist WannaCry caused damage of more than $1 billion.
Whatever method of receiving funds, experts in the field of information security suggest not to pay ransom under any circumstances, as the safety of locked files and the resumption of access to them, the attackers never guaranteed.
