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The FBI warned Monday that hackers are using
malware to crash the hard drives of U.S. businesses, following a cyber
attack that laid waste to the computer network of Sony Pictures
Entertainment. An FBI spokesperson declined to say whether the same
malicious software was used in the Sony hack, according to a Reuters report.
The FBI’s warning said that the malware is capable
of overriding hard drives’ existing data once its installed, “which can
make them inoperable,” the report said, and can even shut down entire
networks. It is difficult and very costly to recover any drives affected
by the malware, and sometimes impossible, the bureau warned.
A number of details about the malware was included
in the FBI’s warning, which was distributed to security administrators
at U.S. companies on Monday. Such “flash” warnings, while common, do not name the victim of the cyber attacks they describe.
Some cyber-security professionals have theorized that North Korea
was behind the hack that overtook Sony’s network. Those hackers
released several of Sony’s films, some of which have not yet been
released to theaters, including the “Annie” remake, and recently
released others, like WWII tank drama “Fury.”
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