Petya virus: Cyberpolicy more than a thousand times reported interference in computers

29 June 2017, 01:28 | Ukraine
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Over a thousand more than a thousand reports on illegal interference in the operation of computer networks were submitted to the Department of Cyber ??Police of the National Security Administration.

On June 28, the director of the communication department of the National Police, Yaroslav Trakalo.

"Of these reports, 43 companies have officially applied to the police. The rest applied for consultations that cyber police officials provided around the clock, "he said..

At present, 23 criminal proceedings have been initiated on the facts of unauthorized interference with electronic and computer systems of both public and private institutions, organizations, enterprises (art.. 361 CC).

"Another 47 facts solve the issue of entering information into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations," Trakalo said..

Workers of cyberpolicy are on the most important objects of the state infrastructure, where together with the employees of the Security Service and the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection take measures to localize malicious software.

"Cyberpolicy together with leading experts in the field of cybersecurity are making efforts to create a decryptor for decrypting files encrypted with malicious software," noted in the NP.

As is known, on June 27 there were virus attacks called Petya. A on the network of Ukrainian banks and large companies.

The main targets of the new virus were Ukraine and Russia. The virus is also recorded in Poland, Italy, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Germany, France and the USA.

On the fact of a powerful cyber attack, criminal proceedings were opened on the article "unauthorized interference in the operation of electronic computers (computers) and computer networks".

The Security Service of Ukraine has published information on how the virus works and how to protect it from it.

In the Cabinet reported that a large-scale cyber attack has been stopped.

The department of cyberpolicy appeals to experts to take part in the development together with the specialists of the department of the password selection program for combating the virus attack called Petya.

Based on materials: pravda.com.ua



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