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Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. It's not ransomware, but it pretended to be for misattribution. How are you contradicting what I said?
by enkid 5y ago
Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. It's not ransomware, but it pretended to be for misattribution. How are you contradicting what I said?
- meowface 5y agoBecause it's not an instance of politically-motivated ransomware. It's an instance of politically-motivated disk wiping. The parent poster said that it's possible the goal is not just to make money, but in this case no money could even be made. So it's just not relevant to their point. The question is if actual ransomware may be politically-motivated, e.g. if the big ransomware gangs are being encouraged by the Russian security services to generally disrupt other countries' businesses and infrastructure for geopolitical reasons. NotPetya doesn't help answer that question; it just shows the Russian government does sometimes disrupt other countries' infrastructure.