{"id":57380,"date":"2017-06-30T13:07:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T18:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=57380"},"modified":"2017-06-30T13:07:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T18:07:12","slug":"petya-creator-confirms-not-petya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/petya-creator-confirms-not-petya\/","title":{"rendered":"Petya Creators Reveals Themselves to Confirm Latest Attack Was Not Petya"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Ransomware Creator Verifies, Latest Global Attack was not Petya<\/h4>\n<p>This week, another global attack hit the world. \u00a0Initial reports claimed the attack was a version of the Petya ransomware. \u00a0However, after further investigation, it was determined the global attack was not Petya. \u00a0It wasn&#8217;t even ransomware. \u00a0The malware variant spread throughout the attack, deemed NotPetya, is a cyber weapon used to for complete destruction.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, the developers of Petya, the ransomware, do not want to be affiliated with this most recent cyber attack. \u00a0The creator, Janus Cybercrime Solutions, went to Twitter on June 28th in an attempt to clear their name. \u00a0The face of Janus tweeted files lost to NotPetya could potentially be recovered by the Janus decryption key. \u00a0According to <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/crime-group-behind-petya-ransomware-resurfaces-to-dista-1796528076\">Gizmodo<\/a>, this gesture could be useless, due to the way NotPetya destroys the master boot record. \u00a0However, if it does work, it could save several victims&#8217; files. \u00a0Additional details from Janus Cybercrime Solutions have not been released regarding the decryption key, or if it was tested to confirm it would decrypt NotPetya encrypted data.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ransomware Creator Verifies, Latest Global Attack was not Petya This week, another global attack hit the world. \u00a0Initial reports claimed the 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