ME Doc's servers seized in NotPetya investigation in Ukraine as attackers remove $10,000 in bitcoin from 'ransomware' wallet

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ME Doc servers seized by Ukrainian police

Attack on ME Doc - used by four-fifths of companies in Ukraine - a nation-state attack intended to disrupt the country, claim authorities

Police in Ukraine have seized the servers of Intellect Service, the company responsible for ME Doc, the accounting software whose updating infrastructure was compromised to propagate the NotPetya malware...

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