Background:
In 2017, a cyber attack on was conducted on a major Ukrainian shipping port using malware called NotPetya.
Scenario:
You have been assigned to assist United States Cyber Command with research into how a targeted malware attack on a part of the supply chain could impact the worldwide economy. You will conduct research about the NotPetya attack and provide a summary of this attack: how did it occur, what was the impact, and how was it ultimately mitigated. Also, how could this attack have been prevented. What lessons can be learned from this attack and its aftermath? These two articles provide some of the basic information about this attack, but you are encouraged to research others: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/06/the-nsas-inadvertent-role-in-petya-the-cyberattack-on-ukraine.html
After you have researched and discussed the NotPetya incident and using this incident as inspiration, you will then write a fictional scenario in which a cyber attack is targeted against a specific area of the supply chain or commerce (for example shipping/ports like in NotPetya). Examples of supply chain activities include farming, refining, design, manufacturing, packaging, and transportation. Your fictional scenario will outline how the attack was initiated, how the attackers spread the malware, and discuss the impact of the cyber attack on both the international and US economies. You will also discuss “lessons learned” from the forensic investigation and response to this fictional scenario and make recommendations to present future attacks. Because you are designing this scenario, you can choose the lessons learned to be whatever you would like.
Paper should be broken down into two sections. The first section will enumerate the NotPetya incident, and the second section will be your fictional scenario/cyber attack. You will be given a good degree of latitude on this fictional incident, which could include things like making up variants of malware, etc. However, this fictional incident should be grounded in real-life cyber issues and vulnerabilities, and issues surrounding disaster recovery and incident response, informed from your research about NotPetya and similar cyber warfare incidents to you research.

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