Article 3XACZ The true story of Notpetya: a Russian cyberweapon that escaped and did $10B in worldwide damage

The true story of Notpetya: a Russian cyberweapon that escaped and did $10B in worldwide damage

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Cory Doctorow
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Andy Greenberg (previously) is a veteran Wired security reporter who has chronicled the frightening and chaotic world of cyberwar since its earliest days; in a forthcoming book called "Sandworm," Greenberg tells the fascinating and terrible tale of Notpetya (previously), a Russian cyberweapon (built on leaked NSA cyberweapons!) that disguised itself as criminal ransomware, but which was designed to identify and destroy key Ukrainian computer systems and networks. (more")

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