Australia, US blame Russia for 'NotPetya' cyber attack
Canberra has joined the US and British governments in blaming Russia for the NotPetya ransomware wave.
Canberra has joined the US and British governments in blaming Russia for the NotPetya ransomware wave.
Insurers could pay US$275 million to cover the insured portion of drugmaker Merck & Co's loss from a cyber attack in June, according to a forecast by Verisk Analytics Inc's Property Claim Services (PCS) unit.
As a money-making exercise – the sole motivation behind most ransomware – Petya was a flop.
The Australian government’s cyber security minister, Dan Tehan, has call on businesses to take urgent action to protect themselves in the wake of a new global wave of ransomware.
Security experts have devised a method that allows users to recover data from computers infected with the Petya ransomware program without paying money to cybercriminals.