The Petya ransomware attack was announced as headline news in major media outlets globally earlier this week. Cybersecurity Ventures posted a poll on Twitter asking people if they should pay a ransom if they got hit by the new ransomware. NotPetya is a destructive disk wiper similar to Shamoon, which has been targeting Saudi Arabia in the recent past. The criminals behind the cyber attack apparently made around $10,000 (USD, at the current price) in Bitcoin within hours after the attack.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3204508/petya-is-it-ransomware-or-cyberwarfare.html