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Petya Malware is about wreaking Havoc, not collecting Ransom | The Register

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STIX ID: report--5c66ef85-511b-5316-905e-670e79ef281d

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2017-06-28

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano

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A fast-spreading outbreak of malware dubbed “NotPetya” (disguised as Petya ransomware) rapidly affected organizations from Ukraine across Europe to the United States and Brazil, crippling PCs, bank machines and cash registers; analysts argue the code was designed to cause destructive mayhem rather than to reliably collect ransom payments.

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