NotPetya is a good example. Looked like a broad ransomware attack very similar to the earlier Petya attack. Turned out it was very likely a broad cover for a very narrow attack against Ukraine’s power grid during Russian invasion.
Say what you will about Russia, but I don't believe they'd attack hospitals dealing with COVID in the middle of the pandemic as a cover for some kind of attack.
I know anti-Russia propaganda is at its height now and I even admit it's weird watching how worked up Americans get about stuff they're been doing all around the world since WWII, but as bad as Russia might be, I don't really buy they're behind it.
> Say what you will about Russia, but I don't believe they'd attack hospitals dealing with COVID in the middle of the pandemic as a cover for some kind of attack.
I wouldn't characterize it as an attack, its closer to "preparing an attack". And why not - the former President of the United States outright said on TV that the US had placed dormant implants deep inside key Russian infrastructure without pulling the trigger as a preparations/part of countermeasures for electoral meddling in 2016. The decision to pull the trigger was left as an option for his successor. I do not doubt the Russians may be getting similar "insurance" against a possible unfriendly posture from Washington starting January 2021.
I wasn’t commenting necessarily on this attack. Just saying the claim that ransomware attacks are purely financial is demonstrably untrue in at least one case.
