The Guardian and the BBC are reporting a sharp increase in cyber warfare activity – with a particular type of “computer wiper” malware among the attacks unleashed at Ukraine.
Russia unleashed data-wiper malware on Ukraine, say cyber experts | Ukraine | The Guardian
Ukraine crisis: ‘Wiper’ discovered in latest cyber-attacks – BBC News
The issue here of course it is in the nature of the internet to spread these types of cyber attack to any other system these infected machines are attached to – spreading this malware far outside Ukraine – possibly even to your computers.
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Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
Further Reading
Second data wiper attack hits Ukraine computer networks – The Record by Recorded Future
