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Police in Ukraine have seized the servers of one of the largest accounting software firms in the country, after it was suspected that a malware virus which hit dozens of global enterprises last week had spread via its malicious update.
As part of an investigation into one of the largest recent cyber attacks, the servers of Ukraine's most popular accounting software, M.E.Doc were seized by Ukrainian police Tuesday, Reuters reported, citing the head of Ukraine's Cyber Police, Sergey Demedyuk.
Cyber Police spokeswoman Yulia Kvitko confirmed an ongoing investigation into M.E.Doc's offices.
Ukrainian intelligence officials and security firms experts believe initial infections, which affected thousands of computers worldwide, might have been spread via the accounting firm's updates, Reuters reports.
While it is still unclear who inserted a vulnerability into the M.E.Doc program, the Kiev-based firm whose software is used by around 80 percent of companies in Ukraine is under investigation itself and will face criminal charges, AP reported citing Demedyuk.
M.E.Doc's employees had dismissed repeated warnings about the security of their information technology infrastructure, Demedyuk said in an interview with the news agency.
Source: https://www.rt.com/news/395305-ukrainian-firm-servers-seized-cyber-attack/
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday July 06 2017, @01:48AM (2 children)
Which is saying nothing significantly different than what I've said myself, for stories that concern Russia. For science/technology/otherwise-non-Russian stories they are aces though.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Refugee from beyond on Thursday July 06 2017, @08:44AM (1 child)
If you think that non-Russian is not something that can be used for pro-Russian rhetoric…
Well, I guess SN was good while it lasted.
Instantly better soylentnews: replace background on article and comment titles with #973131.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday July 06 2017, @08:50AM
I think that because I've RTFA'd. Do the same and see what you think.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.