Merck’s NotPetya attack: Was it an act of war?

Re:Merck’s NotPetya attack: Was it an act of war? by Iv on Thursday December 05, 2019 @12:23AM (#21710185)

Oh I did not know that. The attack was behaving differently on Ukrainian targets? That's a pretty damning thing indeed and makes the question of the act of war very relevant.

Note that it could make sense to a pro-Russia Ukranian group to extort money abroad and to hurt economically on the target. That seems to be the Russian MO to not be directly implicated in the Ukrainian operations: help with tools, weapons and money the groups that are already in place.

They give up direct control over the actions in exchange of deniability.

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Re:Merck’s NotPetya attack: Was it an act of war? by MattPalmer1086 on Friday December 06, 2019 @07:17AM (#21721124)

As far as I know, it didn't behave differently on Ukraine targets. The attack was on Ukrainian tax software M.E.Doc that businesses in the Ukraine are legally mandated to use.

So it was targeted at the Ukraine, but plenty of multinational companies also operate there, so they were collateral damage

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