The American company Cisco Systems (CSCO.O) warned: not less than 500 thousand devices in dozens of countries were infected within a possible preparation for repeated mass cyber attack on Ukraine.
Experts of cyber security, Cisco almost 100% sure that the infection is the Russian government, as hackers used the same virus as in the previous attacks that the United States was attributed to the Kremlin.
Almost a year ago, on June 27, virus-extortionist NotPetуa attacked the computer systems of Ukraine and some EU countries, destroying all information on the hard drives. Victims of the attacks were mainly financial institutions and public and private enterprises. Despite the fact that Russian companies, in particular «Rosneft» and «Bashneft»was also affected, the US and Britain blamed Russia for the spread of the virus. For the record, according to statistics of antivirus ESET, 80% of infections had on Ukraine.
Non-profit group Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA), whose members exchange data about new cyberthreats, believes that a new attack should be taken seriously.
Cisco researcher Craig Williams is convinced that the main purpose of hackers is Ukraine, because it may 8, the analysts have recorded a resurgence of infected devices. In total because of the new virus can suffer from at least 54 countries, said the expert. According to Williams, CTA suggests that Moscow is attacking the Ukraine at about the same time as last year — on June 28, when the country will celebrate Constitution Day.
Cyber Threat Alliance combines Cisco, Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP.O), Fortinet (FTNT.O) Palo Alto Networks (PANW.N), Sophos Group (SOPH.L) and Symantec (SYMC.O).
