Many organisations in Europe and the US have been crippled by a ransomware attack called “Petya”. The awful software has spread through large companies, leading to PCs and data being locked ...

On Tuesday, a far-reaching cyber attack using a ransomware virus infamously-known as Petya targeted dozens of energy, telecoms and financial companies in Russia and Ukraine and then began to ...

The new Petrwrap/Petya ransomware that emerged on June 18 this year "has a fake Microsoft digital signature appended," Raiu said. InfoWatch Head Natalia Kaspersky told TASS that the encrypting ...

Later, more prominent examples of ransomware attacks that selected crypto as the ransom payment method of choice included the likes of WannaCry and Petya. "Cryptocurrencies provide many advantages ...

Another piece of ransomware called Not Petya is responsible for what is often described as the most devastating cyber attack of all time. This one is estimated to have caused $10bn (£7.6bn ...

The company admitted today that the ransomware caused a 2.5 per cent decrease ... He added: "Cyber-attacks like Petya, NotPetya and WannaCry are hitting with increasing regularity while the ...

The Petya cyber-attack has had serious consequences ... iChart [product] since they were first hit with the ransomware and are still waiting for it to come back. "We will likely have to move ...

Ukraine's SBU said in a statement that - through data obtained from international anti-virus companies - it had established a ...