--- title: NotPetya Ransomware Still Costing Industries Millions in Recovery description: One year after the NotPetya ransomware strike, businesses are still wrestling with recovery. FedEx Corp. and Merck & Co. are “dealing with the aftermath in the form of millions of dollars’ worth of technology cleanup, disrupted business and lost sales,” WSJ reports. image: https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/hubfs/Petya.Random.png --- [![](https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/hubfs/2021/09/logo-white.svg)](https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/?hsLang=en-us) [![CONTACT AN EXPERT](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/341979/1d8885e9-1179-49b1-a5ec-9c75f5f670dd.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/341979/1d8885e9-1179-49b1-a5ec-9c75f5f670dd) - [For Home](https://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/) - [For Business](https://www.bitdefender.com/business/) - [Resources](https://www.bitdefender.com/business/resource-library.html) - [Webinars](https://www.bitdefender.com/business/webinars.html) # [BUSINESS INSIGHTS](https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/?hsLang=en-us) By [**Filip Truta**](https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/author/filip-truta) / Jul 02, 2018 # NotPetya Ransomware Still Costing Industries Millions in Recovery Share this [![Share on email](https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/hubfs/2021/07/blog/email-color.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/notpetya-ransomware-still-costing-industries-millions-in-recovery&utm_medium=social&utm_source=email%20&body=Check%20out%20https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/notpetya-ransomware-still-costing-industries-millions-in-recovery&utm_medium=social&utm_source=email) [![Share on twitter](https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/hubfs/2021/07/blog/twitter-color.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/notpetya-ransomware-still-costing-industries-millions-in-recovery&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&url=https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/notpetya-ransomware-still-costing-industries-millions-in-recovery&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&source=tweetbutton&text=) [![Share on linkedin](https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/hubfs/2021/07/blog/linkedin-color.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/notpetya-ransomware-still-costing-industries-millions-in-recovery&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin) [![Share on facebook](https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/hubfs/2021/07/blog/facebook-color.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/notpetya-ransomware-still-costing-industries-millions-in-recovery&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook) Mere months after the NotPetya ransomware contagion, victims were already reporting more than [$1 billion in damages](https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/goldeneye-financial-damage-surpasses-1-billion-19168.html) across countries and verticals. And the costs associated with the attack are apparently still climbing. One year after the NotPetya ransomware strike, businesses are still wrestling with recovery, the [WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-year-after-notpetya-companies-still-wrestle-with-financial-impacts-1530095906?mod=djemCIO_h) reports. Among the victims hit hardest are shipping giant FedEx Corp. and pharmaceutical behemoth Merck & Co. The two are “dealing with the aftermath in the form of millions of dollars’ worth of technology cleanup, disrupted business and lost sales,” Kim S. Nash, Sara Castellanos and Adam Janofsky report. FedEx has reportedly spent some $400 million on remediation and related expenses, the company revealed during its last earnings call with analysts and investors. Merck, for its part, incurred $670 million in lost sales and manufacturing and remediation-related expenses. Of note, the [ransomware](https://www.bitdefender.com/business/infozone/what-is-ransomware.html) attack left the pharmaceuticals company unable to fulfill orders for the Gardasil 9 vaccine, which is made to prevent cancers and other diseases caused by the human papillomavirus. Other industries suffered similar financial woes. The WSJ mentions global advertising company WPP PLC, law firm DLA Piper LLP, snack maker Mondelez International Inc. and other multinationals as having “lost basic systems such as email and systems for invoices and customer orders in the attack.” “Some have since reported related dips in revenue and increases in technology spending,” the report reads. Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S was already known to have lost around $300 million in the aftermath of the attack. Summing up the reported losses, the NotPetya tally totals several billion dollars. NotPetya is believed to be the work of Russian hackers coordinated by the Kremlin. The [malware](https://www.bitdefender.com/business/infozone/what-is-malware.html) – part ransomware and part data wiper – was baked into a business solution software update that the victim companies unknowingly installed on their systems, granting attackers access to their infrastructures. 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