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Gordon GateFlashDrive3001 is a deadly chip-eating virus that spread rapidly through the U.S. in February 2015, before crashing on the shores of Japan and Europe in 2017, according to Motherboard. The bug was found embedded in Apple’s website and is believed to have been spread through email attachments sent by Japanese electronics repair service companies that had previously been infected with viruses such as Cerber and Locky. Computer engineers say no one knows exactly how Gordon got onto Apple's site because there is no malware detection software for this type of virus but they believe it may be possible it has its roots in Russia, where cybercriminals pioneered chip-eating worm infections like the infamous Conficker and Mirai worm. Japanese researchers at Novell Japan Police Computer Bureau told Motherboard they first noticed the Gordon virus in February 2015 at a large Japanese electronics repair company. After conducting some basic research, they discovered that the company had been infected with a cybercrime known as "Worm.Lazarus." When Gordon first appeared on Apple's website, it was a "newly-created" version of the latest Locky ransomware virus, according to Motherboard. In July 2015, Gordon appeared on Apple's website as a new Flash drive driver update on Mac computers and on mobile devices such as iPhones and iPads. At first, experts thought this was a legitimate update from Apple so they downloaded it and sent it to other experts in the field for further analysis. By September 2015, experts discovered that the update was a Mac downloader for Gordon which has been described as the "largest Mac-based malware ever". Gordon is a flash memory device that can hold up to 8 million files. In February 2016, the virus was rewritten which allowed it to encrypt data stored on the hard drive but news reports in 2017 say Gordon is still going strong in Japan and Europe making it one of the most lethal computer viruses ever. According to Motherboard, Gordon "might be able to survive for a long time, as it is the only Flash memory-based malware that operates on macOS." In late June 2017, experts from F-secure said that Gordon has spread to Russia and parts of Europe. It's not clear how it got there but experts say that Russian criminals may have come up with the idea of incorporating Flash memory into their viruses. Some security experts believe hackers could use this virus in an "electronic Armageddon" scenario by building it into nuclear plants or the power grid. Experts say there's "nothing they can do about it" because no one is working on this particular type of computer virus. Campbell, James. "How the Gordon virus spread like wildfire around the world." Motherboard. (August 5, 2017) "More Than 1 Million U.S. Computers Infected By Flash Drive Worm, ZDNet." ZDnet (August 24, 2015). Nico Liohn, "Gordon - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Gordon?" CExchange. (November 8, 2015) Nico Liohn, "Researchers Take On 'Gordon' The Memory-Based Ransomware" CExchange. (September 28, 2015) "How Apple's Chip-Eating Virus Named 'Gordon' Led to the Rise of Ransomware." Motherboard. cfa1e77820
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