Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-02-23 00:00:00
Affected organization: Undetermined
Affected country: Ukraine
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Sabotage
Actor: GRU Main Special Center for Special Technologies (Unit 74455) (SANDWORM)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: A number of organizations in Ukraine have been hit by a cyberattack, infecting hundreds of computers. The attack involved new data-wiping malware dubbed HermeticWiper ÃÆÃÂ¢ÃÂ¢'ÃÂ¬" a destructive malware that can delete or corrupt data on a targeted computer or network. The wiper has been detected in Ukraine, Latvia and Lithuania.