REUTERS
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) warns of a possible new cyberattack on computer networks of Ukrainian companies, as reported by the agency’s press service.
The SBU has analyzed thoroughly the consequences and prerequisites of a massive cyberattack which hit Ukraine June 27 via a Petya.A malware.
It was established that the strike was preceded by a meticulous collection of data on Ukrainian enterprises (e-mails, passwords for company accounts and those used by their employees, access to command-control servers and hash data of user accounts in the affected systems, and other information unavailable in public domain), which was subsequently concealed in cookies and transferred to the command server.
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As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine underwent a large-scale cyberattack targeting state institutions of the country’s financial, energy, transport sectors, as well as private enterprises, via a Petya.A malware, which blocks operation of computer systems.