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Petya.2017 is a wiper not a ransomware
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Analemma_
on June 28, 2017
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Analemma_
on June 28, 2017
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The tl;dr: Petya was never a ransomware and that was probably a ploy to distract the media. It's actually a destructive wiper targeting Ukrainian energy facilities.
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