https://locodigital.com.br/en/tags/cyberattack/Recent content in Cyberattack on LocodigitalHugoen-USSat, 27 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0300https://locodigital.com.br/en/technology/notpetya-at-9-the-wiper-that-hit-maersk-and-merck/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0300https://locodigital.com.br/en/technology/notpetya-at-9-the-wiper-that-hit-maersk-and-merck/<p>On the morning of 27 June 2017, employees at companies across Ukraine opened their computers and saw a black screen with red lettering demanding US$300 in Bitcoin to recover their files. It looked like just another piece of ransomware of the kind that had been circulating for years. It wasn't. Hours later, the same code had taken down Maersk port terminals on four continents, halted production lines at Merck and Saint-Gobain, and frozen FedEx delivery systems. Nine years on, <strong>NotPetya</strong> is still cited as the costliest cyberattack in history — something close to <strong>US$10 billion</strong> in damage, according to a White House assessment.</p>