The Day the World’s Biggest Companies Got Hacked

NotPetya devastated the world's largest companies. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription. Highly recommend the book Sandworm by Andy Greenberg: https://a.co/d/iUOXzlE Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://twitter.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Credits: Thanks to Jeff Keyzer for permission to use his image of the Geiger counter data logging: https://mightyohm.com/blog/2012/02/tutorial-geiger-counter-data-logging/ Sources: Military base at Perevalne during the occupation the Autonomous Republic of Crimea: By Anton Holoborodko (Антон Голобородько) - http://www.ex.ua/76677715, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31559822 Putin signs the treaty of accession (annexation) with Crimean leaders: By Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31679370 Merck image 1: By Montgomery County Planning Commission - Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48794937 Cadbury factory: By jacobharrisau - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jacobharrisau/53958643244/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=151995490 Chernobyl HDR: Piotr Andryszczak, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Celebrating Constitution Day: Visem, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons NotPetya message appears on computer: User, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Ukraine’s postal service head office: By Jorge Láscar from Australia - Khreshchatyk StUploaded by High Contrast, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27650845 Ukraine’s subway service: By Maksym Kozlenko - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81316731 Maersk headquarters: By Bahnfrend - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83739080 Office: Stubacca, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Maersk Virginia departing from Fremantle Harbour, Western Australia: Автор: Bahnfrend - Власна робота, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39781574 Maersk ship in Moscow: kees torn, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Ship terminal in Zeebrugge, Belgium: Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / CC-BY-SA-3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Maersk shipping containers: AgainErick, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Closer up Maersk container stack: Maersk Line, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Maersk shipping containers in Rotterdam: Yann Fauché & Alma Mulalic, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Port Elizabeth terminal in Newark, New Jersey: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Sleeping bag under desk: Sumeet Mulani, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/cALLH PC World store: Maxwell Hamilton, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Interior of electronics store: Landryfil, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Maersk ship at the Hai Phong International Container Terminal Maersk building: Ricardo Ricote Rodríguez from Madrid, España, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Merck research building: By Coolcaesar - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=111169397 TNT Express: TNTExpressFr, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Cadbury factory clock: By jacobharrisau - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jacobharrisau/53958643434/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=151995491 Countries affected by WannaCry map (red): This SVG version is by TheAwesomeHwyh, original PNG version by User, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons