Ukrainian police seize software company's servers
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/ukrainian-minister-cyberattack-cost-department-millions-48435373
Ukraine's national cybercrime unit seized servers belonging to
a small company at the center of a global outbreak of
malicious software after "new activity" was detected there,
the service said in a statement early Wednesday. The
announcement raised the possibility that the hackers behind
last week's wide-ranging cyberattack were still seeking to sow
chaos. Tax software firm M.E. Doc was raided to "immediately
stop the uncontrolled proliferation" of malware. In a series
of messages, Cyberpolice spokeswoman Yulia Kvitko suggested
that M.E. Doc had sent or was preparing to send a new update
and added that swift action had prevented any further damage.
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This sounds like a smokescreen to me. Why would a company use its own
servers to seed a malware outbreak? Looks like they may be a scapegoat
for the government.
--Lauren--
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