When the major countries lose more than $ 7 billion with a button click!5 of the worst electronic attacks in history - Palestine weather

The attacks and electronic crimes are not new and have a long history dating back to the late eighties, specifically in 1988, when Robert Taban Morris, the son of the famous encryption scientist Robert Morris, wanted to know the number of devices connected to the Internet.

Morris wrote a program that moves from one computer to another and asks each device to send a signal to the control server.Its first program of its kind has become a specific type of electronic attacks called "deprivation distributed to the service", which caused the suspension of the system or prohibiting the network connections of the connected devices completely.

Today and more of our online information more than ever, we may be more likely to risk electronic attacks than we may think.A report issued in a0a0 by the World Economic Forum indicates that electronic infrastructure attacks were the fifth largest risk of that year.Not only that, but the cost of electronic crimes is expected to reach 10.Kh trillion dollars by a0aKh.

In order to better understand the tremendous impact that electronic attacks may have on companies and individuals, it is important to go back and look at some of the largest electronic attacks in history:

One of the most famous examples of the attacks of the ransom programs that struck companies all over the world in a017 was the outbreak of the Wannacry attack, which hit more than a00,000 computers in more than 1Kh0 countries.The UK attack cost about 1a0 million dollars, in addition to global costs exceeding $ 7 billion.

The attacks of ransom programs are often received via emails that deceive the recipient to open the attachments and launch harmful programs on his system in a technology known as fraudulent hunting.Once your computer is affected, files are encrypted.Then he requests payment in bitcoin, which is a digital currency, in order to restore access to it.

The "Wannacry" ransom attack revealed a security vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows operating system..

The party is believed to be the "Eternal Blue", which is an electronic attack gap developed by the NSA, but it leaked to Shadow Brokers, a group of electronic infiltrators.

After many attempts, the electronic attack was stopped by a transverse key discovered by a computer security researcher, Marcos Hachchens.

Shimon is a type of computer virus that leads to computer systems and spying on computers in the power sector.It was used by a group of infiltrators known as "Cut Swords of Justice" on August 1Kh, a01a to destabilize computer systems in the giant Saudi Energy Company, Aramco.

The group claimed responsibility for the attack, which affected the operations in P0,000 company -affiliated stations.Among the other companies affected by the computer virus are the Qatar Gas Company and the Natural Gas Company, where computer systems were temporarily disrupted due to the virus, which caused the company's operational system disruption.It was later described as "the largest penetration in history".

SYMANTEC, Kaspersky Lab and Seculert companies announced the discovery of malware on August 16, a01a.

In order to restore control, Saudi Aramco used its huge special fleet of aircraft and funds available to buy many hard drives in the world, which led to high prices.

New solid drives were needed as soon as possible so that oil prices were not affected by speculation.By September 1, a01a, gasoline resources to the public of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia diminished 17 days after the August 1Kh attack.The Ras Gas Company was also affected, which led to paralyzing it in a similar way.

Kaspersky Labs hinted that the harmful program might be linked to Wiper, which was used in an electronic attack on Iran in April.Then later "Shimon" was classified as an electronic war.

The Olympic Games is the symbolic name that is called sabotage and disruption of nuclear facilities in Iran through electronic attacks by the United States and Israel government.

The campaign to sabotage the Iranian nuclear reactors began during the reign of President Bush in a006 and continued during the era of President Obama.The two countries used the computer virus known as Stuxnet to infiltrate the Iranian computer systems that managed to stop the operations in 1000 centrifugations at the natanz nuclear station.

However, the injury of computers was not limited to the nuclear facility with the spread of the error to many personal computers in the surrounding area.

Titan Rain is the symbolic name given to a series of electronic attacks on American computer systems, which occurred in the early first decade of the twenty -first century in a00P and lasted for about three years.

The attacks focused on the main contractors of the Ministry of Defense, which were targeted due to its sensitive information, including those in Lockheed Martin, the National Sandia Laboratories, Redstone Arsenal and NASA.

Electronic attacks were in the form of electronic spy, as the attackers were able to obtain sensitive information from computer systems.Although not reporting the theft of any secret information, the infiltrators were able to steal non -secret information (for example information from a home computer) can reveal the strengths and weaknesses in the United States.

Investigations to determine the cause of the attacks showed that the Chinese army had a role in preparing it, a claim that the Chinese government has severely denied.Other separate attacks were directed to the British Ministry of Defense, which led to severe tension in foreign relations between the United Kingdom and China.

On April a7, a007, the Republic of Estonia was subjected to an unprecedented series of electronic attacks.The attacks of computer networks in the Estonia Parliament, government ministries, banks and the media have paralyzed, which resulted in a communication of about Kh8 Estonia sites..

As for the cause of the attacks, it was in response to the decision to transfer the statue of the bronze soldier in the capital, Tallin, to a military cemetery on the outskirts of the city.

The Bronze Soldier Memorial Statue, which was built by the Soviet government in 1947, was originally called the "Memorial of Tallinn"..What was for the Russians in Estonia represented the victory of the Soviet Union over the Nazis.But for the Ethnic Ethnic, the Soviets were not edited but occupied, and the bronze statue is a painful symbol of half a century of Soviet repression.

The decision angered the Russian -speaking media and the Russians came down to the streets.The protests were exacerbated by the false Russian news reports that claim to destroy the statue and the graves of the neighboring Soviet war..This resulted in the outbreak of riots and looting that led to the injury of 1Kh6 people, one person died, and 1,000 people were arrested.

The a007 attacks came from Russian IP addresses, and online instructions were in Russian, and Estonian calls were ignored to Moscow for assistance.However, there was no concrete evidence that these attacks have already been carried out by the Russian government.

Astony official, on the condition that his identity was not disclosed, told the BBC that the evidence indicates that the attack "was planned by the Kremlin, then the malicious gangs took the opportunity to join and do their duty to attack Estonia.".

After these attacks, the government increased its investments in the field of electronic security, in addition to formulating laws related to electronic warfare.

Source: Arab Post