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Last Wednesday, a few hours before Russian tanks began rolling into Ukraine, alarms went off inside Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Center, warning of a never-before-seen piece of “wiper” malware that appeared aimed at the country’s government ministries and financial institutions.
As the tanks rolled into Ukraine, So did malware. Then Microsoft entered the war
Microsoft caught word of a piece of "wiper" malware targeted at Ukraine's government and financial institutions. Learn more at Boston.com.
A few hours before Russian tanks began rolling into Ukraine, alarms went off inside Microsoft, warning of a never-before-seen piece of “wiper” malware.
Within three hours, the company’s virus detection systems were updated to block the code, which “wipes” data on computers in a network