Key Features:
Petya Ransomware was part of a new wave of cyber-attacks that had hit computer servers all across Europe, locking up computer data and crippling enterprise services in the corporate sector.
- Ransomware is a type of malware that blocks access to a computer or its data and demands money to release it.
- When a computer is infected, the Ransomware encrypts important documents and files and then demands a ransom, typically in Bitcoin, for a digital key needed to unlock the files
- Ukraine and Russia are the worst affected, though the attack has also impacted some companies in the US and other Western European countries
