A year of wipers: How the Kremlin-backed Sandworm has attacked Ukraine during the war

Last November, several Ukrainian organizations were targeted by a new type of ransomware called RansomBoggs. Its operators sent infected computers a ransom note written on behalf of James P. Sullivan — the main protagonist of the animated film Monsters, Inc. 

In the note Sullivan, whose job in the movie was to scare kids, asked for financial help in exchange for decrypting the organizations’ documents.

The hackers behind the attack are believed to be linked to Sandworm, a Russian nation-state threat …

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