Crippled ports. Paralyzed corporations. Frozen government agencies. How a single piece of code crashed the world.

goobster:

    "...When Derevianko emerged from the restaurant in the early evening, he stopped to refuel his car and found that the gas station’s credit card payment system had been taken out by NotPetya too. With no cash in his pockets, he eyed his gas gauge, wondering if he had enough fuel to reach his village. Across the country, Ukrainians were asking themselves similar questions: whether they had enough money for groceries and gas to last through the blitz, whether they would receive their paychecks and pensions, whether their prescriptions would be filled..."

That right there hit me viscerally...


posted 2067 days ago