Global malware attack ‘most likely’ carried out by a nation-state, NATO-sponsored researchers say
The search for the source of last week’s global malware attacks continues as experts are increasingly pointing toward Russian involvement in the incident. The NATO-affiliated Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCD COE) in Tallinn, Estonia, concluded last week that the attack was “most likely” carried out by a nation-state. The report followed a string of separate analyses that said the attacks appeared to have Russian sources. CCD COE researchers pointed to the sophistication of the malware. “In the case of NotPetya, significant improvements have been made to create a new breed of ultimate threat,” said one of the researchers, Bernhards Blumbergs. “Among all new features, the malware has been more professionally developed in contrast with sloppy WannaCry, and instead of scanning the whole Internet it is more targeted and searches for new hosts to infect deeper on local computer networks once initial breach has occurred.” The assertion by NATO-sponsored researchers that a nation-state probably spread the malware only intensifies questions […]
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