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Definition: Petya


Ransomware that infected Windows computers. Named after a plot in the 1995 James Bond film Golden Eye, Petya was unleashed in an email attachment in 2016. Unlike other ransomware that encrypts the hard drive, Petya installs its own boot record and encrypts the file table. See NotPetya and ransomware.