Why the Norsk Hydro attack is a ‘blueprint’ for disruptive hacking operations
It’s been a year since malicious code tore through the computer network of Norwegian aluminum giant Norsk Hydro, forcing the company to shift some of its operations to manual mode and inflicting tens of millions of dollars in damage. The ransomware attack brought a global manufacturing powerhouse to its knees, and with it more questions than answers about the hackers’ motivation. Attackers targeted a company with good security practices, yet used code that would have made it difficult to collect their extortion fee. Norsk Hydro never paid, a spokesman said. Now, an investigation published Monday argues that the LockerGoga ransomware variant was designed to disrupt rather than to extort — to lock up the enterprise and throw away the key. Regardless of who was behind the Norsk Hydro attack, it provides a “worryingly effective blueprint” for state-backed hackers to hide behind malware associated with criminals to achieve their goals, says […]
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