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  "textContent": "Lotus Wiper is a destructive malware strain, not ransomware. Kaspersky says it targeted an organization in Venezuela’s energy and utilities sector, where it wiped physical drives, deleted files across affected volumes, and removed recovery options, leaving systems in an unrecoverable state. The malware appears highly targeted. Kaspersky says the artifacts were uploaded from a machine […]\n\nThe post Lotus Wiper destroys drives and deletes files in targeted attack on Venezuela’s energy sector appeared first on VPN Central.",
  "title": "Lotus Wiper destroys drives and deletes files in targeted attack on Venezuela’s energy sector"
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