The original Petya ransomware splash screen

MAY 01 2017

The original Petya ransomware splash screen

The skull-and-crossbones splash screen of the original Petya ransomware, which encrypted the master file table rather than individual files. NotPetya borrowed its look, which is why the 2017 attack got the wrong name and kept it.

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