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To understand the magnitude of NotPetya, one must first acknowledge its precursors, particularly a significant cyber attack in December 2015, which plunged 225,000 people in Western Ukraine into darkness for hours. Cybersecurity firms later attributed this breach to Sandworm, marking its emergence as a formidable threat. Utilizing phishing attacks and malicious documents, the group gained access to the control systems of a power company, installing malware that rendered the company’s operations nearly impossible to restore.