Sandworm hackers use data wipers to disrupt Ukraine’s grain sector
Several data-wiping malware families have been used by the Russian state-backed hacker organization Sandworm to target Ukraine's government, school system, and grain industry, which is the nation's primary source of income.
According to a research released today by cybersecurity firm ESET, the assaults took place in June and September and are part of Sandworm's (also known as APT44) ongoing disruptive activities in Ukraine.
By distorting or erasing files, disk partitions, and master boot records in a way that prevents recovery, a data wiper, as its name suggests, aims to erase a target's digital information. It can have a devastating effect on the target, causing disturbances that are hard to recover from.
Wiper virus is only employed in sabotage operations, in contrast to ransom...