Destructive malware circulating in Ukraine has hit hundreds of computers - ESET researchers


FILE PHOTO: 3D printed models of people working on computers and padlock are seen in front of a displayed "cyber attack" words and binary code in this picture illustration taken, February 1, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

LONDON (Reuters) - A newly discovered piece of destructive software found circulating in Ukraine has hit hundreds of computers, researchers at cybersecurity firm ESET said on Wednesday.

In a series of statements https://twitter.com/ESETresearch/status/1496581903205511181 posted to Twitter, the company said the data-wiping program had been "installed on hundreds of machines in the country," an attack it said had likely been in the works for the past couple of months.

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