Curacao Chronicle posted an article on July 4, 2017, questioning whether the Petya ransomware has reached the Caribbean. Below are some key highlights:
- A new widespread ransomware is spreading and causing distress to corporations and government across the globe. Here is what we know for sure and what you need to know: Petya seems to be a better written which increases the success and infection rate Petya does not have the weaknesses and built-in kill switch as WannaCry did It uses two layers of encryption and locks your files and the computers entire hard drive.
- It was reported that several Government institutions in Ukraine got hit along with Russias biggest oil exporter Rosneft along with US based pharma giant Merck The ransomware asks for $300 US paid in Bitcoin to unlock a victim’s system.
- As ransomware also typically spreads via email, we ask that caution is exercised when opening unknown files. By Deon Olton Deon Olton, is an experience cyber security professional with the Caribbean Cyber Security Center (www.caribbeancsc.com) and has assisted multiple organizations to improve their security posture, has written extensive articles for popular publications, written annual cyber security predictions for the region and appeared as a guest on tv and radio interviews.
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