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Companies in Ukraine, Russia Come Under New Cyberattack

by Associated Press

   A new strain of malicious software has paralyzed computers at a
   Ukrainian airport, the Ukrainian capital's subway and at some
   independent Russian media.
   The Odessa international airport in Ukraine's south, the Kyiv subway
   and prominent Russian media outlets such as Interfax and Fontanka on
   Tuesday reported being targeted.
   The cyberattack appears to be similar to a major attack in June that
   locked the computers of hospitals, government offices and major
   multinationals with encryption that demanded a ransom for their
   release. The software appeared to have originated in Ukraine.

   Moscow-based cyber security firm Group-IP said in a statement Wednesday
   the ransomware called BadRabbit also tried to penetrate the computers
   of major Russian banks but failed. None of the banks has reported any
   attacks.
   Moscow-based cyber security company Kaspersky Lab said it was aware of
   more than 200 companies in Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and Germany targeted
   by the ransomware.
   The Odessa airport said in a statement its information systems have
   been affected, although it continues to service flights. The subway in
   the capital, Kyiv, said it cannot process online payments and bank card
   payments.
   The operations of Russia's only privately owned news agency, Interfax,
   have been paralyzed since Tuesday.