UK officials now say Russia was behind last year's "Petya" cyberattack. But they think the virus was targetted just at Ukraine and was never supposed to spread as widely as it did. For full interview [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/uk-says-russia-behind-petya-cyberattack).
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