{"id":43843,"date":"2022-01-17T21:38:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T05:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=43843"},"modified":"2022-01-18T21:38:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T05:38:39","slug":"ukrainian-government-infected-with-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=43843","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian government infected with malware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of computer systems linked to the Ukrainian government, agencies and organizations\u00a0were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/lqzqsfzphmmrlflmrdjhhrqqhzrcmzmyynhpfwcmghwmwj_kfhlvvmhmjlsrhrvppvv.html?a=&amp;b=46278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/lqzqsfzphmmrlflmrdjhhrqqhzrcmzmyynhpfwcmghwmwj_kfhlvvmhmjlsrhrvppvv.html?a%3D%26b%3D46278&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1642562708246000&amp;usg=AOvVaw03vrdta-Cf1_zWeIGV9GZl\">infected with malware<\/a>, Microsoft announced on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/orqmscfgqttdpcptdkwqqdmmqfdntftvvlqgcrntjqrtrl_kfhlvvmhmjlsrhrvppvv.html?a=&amp;b=46278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/orqmscfgqttdpcptdkwqqdmmqfdntftvvlqgcrntjqrtrl_kfhlvvmhmjlsrhrvppvv.html?a%3D%26b%3D46278&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1642562708246000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Tl1EAo2zir4I5dOq8ntjL\">statement<\/a>\u00a0said the malware, which was initially detected on Thursday, was disguised as ransomware but could infect computers and make them inoperable if activated by the attacker.<\/p>\n<p>The company wrote in a separate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/fgrrtcqzyddwpcpdwbjyywrryqwldqdffnyzcgldhygdgg_kfhlvvmhmjlsrhrvppvv.html?a=&amp;b=46278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/fgrrtcqzyddwpcpdwbjyywrryqwldqdffnyzcgldhygdgg_kfhlvvmhmjlsrhrvppvv.html?a%3D%26b%3D46278&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1642562708246000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0-TI4q0yC7vTOc2GVA0S1M\">statement<\/a>\u00a0that the malware was detected on \u201cdozens of impacted systems and that number could grow as our investigation continues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese systems span multiple government, non-profit, and information technology organizations, all based in Ukraine,\u2019 the company wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u00a0said the malware impacted government agencies that\u00a0handle executive branch or emergency response functions. It also reportedly affected an IT firm that oversees websites for public- and private-sector\u00a0clients, including government agencies that were hit with a cyberattack last week that posted various messages on websites.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/attsrvbzlmmncvcmnyhllnsslbngmbmwwplzvtgmdltmts_kfhlvvmhmjlsrhrvppvv.html?a=&amp;b=46278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/attsrvbzlmmncvcmnyhllnsslbngmbmwwplzvtgmdltmts_kfhlvvmhmjlsrhrvppvv.html?a%3D%26b%3D46278&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1642562708246000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1OFwkLh948yK2Te89NHd5j\">\u201cmassive cyberattack\u201d breached<\/a>\u00a0a number of Ukrainian government websites on Friday, according to officials, which led\u00a0some agency websites to be temporarily shut down. Hackers reportedly wrote messages including \u201cbe afraid and expect worse\u201d and \u201cAll information about you has become public, be afraid and expect worse.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of computer systems linked to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43844,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43843\/revisions\/43844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}