The SBU Security Service of Ukraine has established the involvement of the Russian special services in a large-scale cyber attack with the use of the Petya.A ransomware in order to destabilize the socio-political situation in Ukraine, according to SBU’s website.
“The available data, including those obtained through interaction with international anti-virus companies, suggest that the same hacker groups were involved in the attacks, which in December 2016 targeted the Ukrainian financial system, transport and energy facilities using malicious software TeleBots and Blackenergy. This shows that the special services of the Russian Federation are involved in this attack,” the report said.
