more-inIndia has been the worst hit country in the Asia Pacific region and the seventh most impacted nation worldwide by the Petya ransomware, according to cybersecurity service provider Symantec. The Petya ransomware was the second big scale cyberattack after WannaCry in May. The Petya ransomware not only encrypts files, it locks the entire disk, making it basically unusable until the infection is removed. As per findings by Symantec, Ukraine was worst hit by the ransomware, followed by the U.S., Russia, France, the U.K., Germany, India China and Japan. “Symantec has confirmed that MEDoc, a tax and accounting software package, is used for the initial insertion of Petya into corporate networks.

Source: The Hindu June 29, 2017 15:33 UTC