The Most-Read WIRED Security Stories of 2018

In world where large-scale hacks, breaches, and rampant data exposure has become an almost ordinary occurrence, a truly epic event would have to happen to be designated the most devastating cyberattack in history. And yet, last summer, hackers implanted a piece of malware called NotPetya that resulted in the sprawling takedown of a global digital infrastructure. In a piece that ran nearly a year after the attack, senior writer Andy Greenberg methodically untangled how hackers disrupted world commerce to the tune of $10 billion in damages—and explained that in a global economy as connected as ours, it's not a matter of if it will happen again, but when.