Re:Merck’s NotPetya attack: Was it an act of war?
by dvfjsdhgfv on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @03:04AM
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You must be kidding, right? NotPetya was designed for Ukrainian targets and brought the country to their knees (again) - what some Western companies like Merck or Maersk experienced was just a tiny fraction of what the institutions in Kiev went through.
Whether insurers like AIG can run away from their contractual obligations playing the "cyber war" card is a different issue. Technically, it was a cyberattack similar to many others, no matter if the authors were Kremlin-employed or not.
Whether insurers like AIG can run away from their contractual obligations playing the "cyber war" card is a different issue. Technically, it was a cyberattack similar to many others, no matter if the authors were Kremlin-employed or not.