RBC: Interfax servers were blocked by the Bad Rabbit virus, which demands a ransom in bitcoins

The servers of the Interfax agency were attacked by the Bad Rabbit virus , which blocks the operation of computers until a ransom is paid in bitcoins, RBC writes with reference to photos on social networks of agency employees. today The agency's websites stopped opening due to the attack.

The ransom amount for unlocking each computer, writes RBC, is 0.05 bitcoin (more than 16 thousand rubles at the current exchange rate).

“The point is that a virus was launched onto the server. And all computers, accordingly, are connected to it. Therefore, anyone could become infected,” the publication’s source explained. According to him, the agency’s IT service has now turned off the main server and is trying to connect to the backup one.

The company Group-IB , which deals with computer security issues, tweets that the Bad Rabbit virus has infected “at least” the editorial offices of “at least” three publications.

The editor-in-chief of the St. Petersburg publication Fontanka, which also reported a hacker attack, Alexander Gorshkov, in a conversation with Mediazona, said that this was a “server hack,” but did not confirm the infection of computers with a ransomware virus. He compared the hacker attack to “terrorist acts” and linked it to a series of paid “false materials” published in an attempt to “compromise” the publication.