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Jan 25, 2022 38 min

Maersk and NotPetya

from The Ransomware Files Hosted by Jeremy Kirk, Executive Editor, Information Security Media Group

What if destructive malware disguised as ransomware nearly sank not just one company but many? Shipping giant Maersk was one of dozens of organisations crippled by the NotPetya malware in June 2017. Gavin Ashton and Bharat Halai worked in identity and access management at Maersk. They share how the company's technology team tirelessly brought the company back from an IT systems meltdown and rescued the company's sole surviving copy of Active Directory. Speakers: Gavin Ashton, former Identity and Access Management Service Owner, Maersk; Bharat Halai, former Head of Identity and Access Management, Maersk; Jeremy Kirk, Executive Editor, Information Security Media Group. Sources and transcript for this episode are here. Production Coordinator: Rashmi Ramesh. The Ransomware Files theme song by Chris Gilbert/© Ordinary Weirdos Music . "Soviet March" by Shane Ivers. Other music by Uppbeat. Follow The Ransomware Files on Twitter: @ransomwarefiles Follow The Ransomware Files on Instagram: @theransomwarefiles

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