Dozens of banks and companies around the world have been victims of a cyber attack on Tuesday. The Swiss government agency says companies in Ukraine, Russia, the United Kingdom and India are the most affected. In Ukraine, they have been attacked from the Central Bank, the Kiev subway, the state energy company or the computer network of the Ukrainian government, according to social networks reported by Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenkoe. In addition, Russian state oil giant Rosneft has also been the victim of a "powerful cyber attack," a company spokesman for the company told the Financial Times.
Also the Russian oil company Bashneft has suffered the attack and its web page has stopped working. Russian steelmaker Evraz, owned by tycoon Roman Abramovich - which claims that its production has not been affected - and the Danish multinational Moller-Maersk, which among other things has container transport business, have also been attacked, according to Have confirmed by social networks. The Scandinavian company has warned that the attack may be on a global scale. WPP, which has JWT, Ogilvy & Mather, Young & Rubicam and Gray, is among the hackers.
In Ukraine, the attack has hit a number of banks and public and private companies, including the national electric company and bank Oschadbank, one of the largest in the country and Antonov, which manufactures aircraft. The companies have stopped their operations, according to the Central Bank of Ukraine, which has said that the culprit is an "unknown virus" and did not give more details of the companies affected. Ukrainian media point out that cyberattacks have been targeted by Citrus, Foxtrot, EpicenterK. They also note that the electronic panels at the Boryspil international airport in Kiev - the country's main - have failed to point out the departures and arrivals of flights. The airport director has acknowledged that the situation is out of control and are likely to delay or cancel flights.
Also the postal service UkrPoshta and the banks OschadBank and Privatbank have warned that they do not have their computers operative. The Kiev metro has warned on social networks that it has also been a victim of cyberattack and has reported that trains have not stopped but ticket purchase systems have ceased to function.
