Remember the NotPetya Cyberattack?

[FrgMstr]

Remember all the Petya / NotPetya cyberattack craziness going around last June? You will never guess who was behind that. RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! No really. At least that is what the Washington Post is telling us. Below is a breakdown and analysis of Petya in action. Thanks cageymaru.

The GRU military spy agency created NotPetya, the CIA concluded with “high confidence” in November, according to classified reports cited by U.S. intelligence officials. The CIA has attributed to Russian military hackers a cyberattack that crippled computers in Ukraine last year, an effort to disrupt that country’s financial system amid its ongoing war with separatists loyal to the Kremlin.

 

[kirbyrj]

And we used Stuxnet to shut down Iranian nuclear reactors (which can be argued is a pretty good idea)... Cyberwarfare is the new thing...

 

[Schtask]

Just gonna throw this out there...because duh...

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-ukrainian-officer-killed-car-bomb-was-investigating-russia-2017-6 Conducted June 27th, 2017

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/28/petya_notpetya_ransomware/ Conducted June 27th, 2017

Russia has been targeting the Ukraine for years. That would be a strange coincidence that the minister of defense in Ukraine was assassinated the same day one of the largest worm based data-destroying cyber weapons is launched against the same country. A strange coincidence indeed. BTW.... The Ukrainian defense ministry was hit by Npetya as well I hear. Quite effectively I might add.

In summary: Putin doesn't screw around.

 

[capnstabn]

Fancy Bear

 

[Retronym]

And we used Stuxnet to shut down Iranian nuclear reactors (which can be argued is a pretty good idea)... Cyberwarfare is the new thing...

I know a guy who knows a guy who probably built stuxnet.

Everyone has been curiously quiet lately.

Something big is coming.

 

[Gigus Fire]

Not a good day for Russia. Other headline says "President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Russia is helping North Korea get supplies in violation of international sanctions..."

Have we ever seen Putin angry?

How is this even possible. He was in collusion with Russia and getting paid by them. I mean it was in the Washington Post, so it must be true.

 

[Deleted member 278999]

Not a good day for Russia. Other headline says "President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Russia is helping North Korea get supplies in violation of international sanctions..."

Have we ever seen Putin angry?

Pretty sure he's always angry.

 

[kirbyrj]

Here he's smiling.

 

[Meeho]

 

[otherweeb]

Pretty sure he's always angry.

Nah, that's his poker face.

and we all know..."the only winning move is not to play."

 

[dangerouseddy]

And we used Stuxnet to shut down Iranian nuclear reactors (which can be argued is a pretty good idea)... Cyberwarfare is the new thing...

I thought it was the centrifuges at the enriching plant.

 

[kirbyrj]

I thought it was the centrifuges at the enriching plant.

It was a couple years ago...you're right.

 

[otherweeb]

I thought it was the centrifuges at the enriching plant.

..which from what I've read spin around 90,000 rpm. Getting to that speed safely can be a problem because you pass thru rpm ranges where harmonics will rip them apart. I've heard Stuxnet told the controllers to operate in those ranges.

 

[Meeho]

..which from what I've read spin around 90,000 rpm. Getting to that speed safely can be a problem because you pass thru rpm ranges where harmonics will rip them apart. I've heard Stuxnet told the controllers to operate in those ranges.

Didn't it continuously rev them up<->down?

 

[otherweeb]

Don't remember, but that could do it. Supposedly you try to transition thru those harmonic ranges as quickly as possible. Rev'ing up and down with intent to hit unknown rpm danger zones or even focus on them for sloooow transitions should work.