EU Cyber Sanctions

Context:

The European Union has imposed ‘first-ever cyber sanctions to protect itself from increasing cyber-attacks.

About EU’s Cyber Sanctions

• The restrictive measures were imposed against six individuals and three entities responsible for or involved in various cyber-attacks.
• These include the attempted cyber-attack against the
  • OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) and that publicly known as-
    • ´WannaCry
    • NotPetya
    • Operation Cloud Hopper
• WannaCry: WannaCry is an example of crypto-ransomware, a type of malicious software (malware) used by cybercriminals to extort money. Ransomware that uses encryption is called crypto-ransomware. The type that locks you out of your computer is called locker ransomware.
• NotPetya: The malware spread like wildfire across the world, eating into every piece of electronic equipment, computer, extracting data, and demanding exorbitant amounts for recovery in form of Bitcoins
• Operation Cloud Hopper: The hacking campaign includes the hacking of the world’s biggest technology service providers.