{"id":45427,"date":"2022-02-23T23:44:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T23:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/hundreds-of-computers-in-ukraine-hit-with-wiper-malware\/"},"modified":"2022-02-23T23:44:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T23:44:33","slug":"hundreds-of-computers-in-ukraine-hit-with-wiper-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/hundreds-of-computers-in-ukraine-hit-with-wiper-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Hundreds of computers’ in Ukraine hit with wiper malware"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of computers in Ukraine have been infected with data-wiping Windows malware, say researchers at ESET.<\/p>\n

In a series<\/a> of tweets on Wednesday, the infosec biz said it picked up its first sample of the software nasty at about 1500 UTC, and believes the code has been in the works for the past two months.<\/p>\n

“ESET telemetry shows that it was installed on hundreds of machines in the country,” the biz stated.<\/p>\n