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How similar does this sound to the NotPetya "digital nuke" Russia unleashed on Ukraine? https://www.wired.com/story/notpetya-cyberattack-ukraine-russia-code-cr

• throw_m239339 6y ago
  I guess it will be another "for decades we didn't care about security because no obvious short term profits, now we will have to pay a great price" moments. The article you linked is absolutely fascinating. Because network security improvements didn't grant higher ups "bonuses" they didn't make the slightest effort to do what engineered desperately asked. > The security revamp was green-lit and budgeted. But its success was never made a so-called key performance indicator for Maersk’s most senior IT overseers, so implementing it wouldn’t contribute to their bonuses. They never carried the security makeover forward. 10 billions of damages later...
• sacks2k 6y ago
  All you need is a Russian IP address and you too can be Russian.
  • vmception 6y ago
    You get paid the ransom The Russian that owns the computer never gets framed because the subpoena fails and the public doesn't look for you and just maintains their antiquated Red Scare™ All because of ignorance and pride on our leaders to not admit they don't have a handle on this
  • lame-robot-hoax 6y ago
    Ah yes, I’m sure that’s all the evidence they have that points towards Russia/Eastern Europe.
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