The Most Devastating Hack in History: NotPetya

On June 27, 2017, almost all of Ukraine was paralyzed by NotPetya: a piece of malware designed with a single purpose - to destroy everything in its path. To this day, it remains the most devastating cyberattack ever conducted, causing at least $10 billion in damages across the world. However, the NotPetya malware had a secret - a small clue which unravelled a possibility of a deeper purpose.

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0:00 Intro
2:56 Chapter 1: Baseline
4:35 Chapter 2: Trigger
7:40 Chapter 3: Execution
14:12 Chapter 4: Post Mortem

Credits:
Producer: Ignas Žadeikis
Writer: Valius Venckūnas
Video Editing & Animation: Matas Paskačimas
Narration: Ben Mitchell
Thumbnail: Domantė Janulevičiūtė
Supervising Producer: Aušra Venckutė

Special thanks to:
Amit Serper
Artem Mykhailov

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[iswearbruh-by]

the idea of a lone computer, in a dark office, booting up, is the most sci fi robot ai killing machine thing ever

[cvrg]

i cannot BELIEVE these hackers do this with obscure exploits and i can't share files between my computers on the same network 😭

[KTBLGaming]

Microsoft ignoring things is the main reason why so many hacks are Lethal to windows

[seefbond]

I remember this happening. At that time, I worked for MERCK and the whole company shut down for weeks. I remember coming to work and just seeing the chaos unfold when they realized there was no use in trying to boot up the system again for the 18th time. We had a good few weeks where we came to work just to play some board games and wait for further information. When it was all over, the digital learning course we all had to take was vastly improved. And overall, I think we learned more from the experience than we lost. Crazy time that was.

[ouroboros-security]

Finally, someone is talking about the notpetya attack

[Deadsayer]

It boggles my mind that critical infrastructure like the power grid and shit is somehow exposed to the wider Internet at all.

[Alekkykyk]

The best linux advertising i have seen all day.

[aprilfoozeler]

Hospitals not being able to access records is insane. That’s people’s lives we are talking about

[overtimechaos]

9:35 around of an applause to Mircosoft who could have prevented this hack from happening way before it could have happened but choice to not give a crap until lot of people started getting angry.
Such a *CORPORATE MOVE*

[nomado-sensei]

Whilst the blame seemingly falls with a small Ukrainian company, a much larger company's contribution is overlooked, one without which the spread wouldn't have been possible: Windows. Thank you for not addressing a critical vulnerability for years. This is the best advertisement for Linux.

[spitfire]

One of the best documentaries I have seen about NotPetya

[Detoxix]

No wayyyy, I remember the reaction on my dad's face (he is cyber security) when not petya rebooted his PC, and I remember when he called his office and all he heard was panic, nice throwback lol

[fudi]

This is arguably the best documentary about Notpetya

[orange._.persik]

I visited Ukraine as a tourist during this event. I remember needing a new usb charger for my phone, and wasting half a day trying to find someone who would sell it to me, because all of the big stores were closed.

[ethandionach]

The red text and black screen is even more terrifying than the whitetext with red screen

[seraphin]

A russian hack made entirely possible thanks to the USA. A great mix of NSA and Microsoft.. Thanks guys, awesome job.

[Crust]

As a Ukrainian who experienced NotPetya when this happened I loved watching this amazing documentary!

[Martin-kxw]

Despite the negative consequences, I can't help but feel fascination about this. How it was crafted, spread.. Just love it (in terms of beauty of system itself) Although I disagree with the targeting. Same fascination as for nuclear weapons. Beauty of physics and engineering and absolute horror and tragedy of humanity.

[you_insert_username_here]

Please do the video about shadow brokers...there is a lot to understand...especially how they got their hands on the exploit from the US....and also how the freaking hell do people come up with these exploits...baffles me fr