Police in Ukraine have seized the servers of an accountancy software firm, whoch is believed to have unwittingly helped spread malware that attacked many global firms last month.Intellect Service has denied that its software helped spread the malware.But security experts have said that some of the initial infections were indeed spread via a malicious update to MeDoc.It is Ukraine’s most popular accounting software.The cyber-attack – a variant of an earlier virus called Petya – hit businesses around the world including the shipping firm Maersk and the marketing giant WPP.It was initially thought to be a ransomware attack designed to make money for the hackers behind it.But some security firms now think that it was deliberately designed to destroy data and targeted Ukraine.
Källa: Ukraine cyber-attack: Software firm MeDoc’s servers seized – BBC News
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