Episode
54: NotPetya
1:02:29
Published: Tue Dec 24 2019
Description
The story of NotPetya, seems to be the first time, we see what a cyber war looks like. In the summer of 2017 Ukraine suffered a serious and catastrophic cyber attack on their whole country. Hear how it went down, what got hit, and who was responsible. Guest Thanks to Andy Greenberg for his research and sharing this story. I urge you to get his book Sandworm because it’s a great story. Sponsors This episode was sponsored by Linode. Linode supplies you with virtual servers. Visit linode.com/darknet and when signing up with a new account use code darknet2019 to get a $20 credit on your next project. Support for this episode comes from Honeybook. HoneyBook is an online business management tool that organizes your client communications, bookings, contracts, and invoices – all in one place. Visit honeybook.com/darknet to get 50% off your subscription. This episode was sponsored by CMD. Securing Linux systems is hard, let CMD help you with that. Visit cmd.com/dark to get a free demo. For more show notes visit darknetdiaries.com/episode/54. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Summary
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A ransomware attack hit Maersk, the largest shipping container company, paralyzing their entire network and causing chaos in their worldwide operations.
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Summary
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Maersk encountered the first hurdle when they did not have a backup copy of their domain controllers, which infected their redundant domain controllers too, and they had to rebuild their global network by flying in IT workers from all over the world.
36:53 - 43:02 (06:08)
Summary
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