Just when companies started believing that WannaCry—the malware that held over 200,000 individuals across 10,000 organizations in nearly 100 countries to ransom—was on the wane, ransomware has reared its ugly head again.
While the extent of the cyberattack is still yet to be ascertained, the virus christened GoldenEye (a variant of the Petya ransomware) by security firm Bitdefender Labs has had its biggest impact on companies in Ukraine. And while the target primarily appears to be European countries, the ransomware is also reported to be making inroads in countries like India.
