Eurovision song contest. And whos that in daddys chair . Well find out which world leader gave his son a look at what his father does for a living. Hello and welcome to world news today. The Global Cyber Attack affecting organsiations in almost 100 countries is on an unprecedented scale. Thats the assessment of europes Police Agency europol. More than 2a hours after the hack attack, the Authorities Say they are getting to grips with the problem. In the uk for instance, the government says most hospitals are now running as normal. Other high profile victims include the us Courier Company fedex. Megafon was also affected thats the second largest Mobile Phone Network in russia. And spanish telecoms Giant Telefonica also hacked. Daniel sandford reports. The cyber attack which wreaked such chaos in Britains Health service was a global assault, affecting russia worst of all but also countries as far apart as the us, australia, and japan. The two british agencies tackling it said a complex International Investigation would be needed to catch the culprits. We havent identified the culprit at this time but we are deploying all covert and overt means available to us and we have a number of lines of enquiry. It is important that we pursue those quickly so we can reassure the public we are taking this very seriously. At the heart of this attack was a Software Worm which spreads itself from computer to computer using code originally designed by Us Government spy agencies. It encrypts all the files on infected computers and demands a ransom. By last night at least, 75,000 computers had been infected in at least 7a countries. At that point, a Cyber Security expert managed almost by chance to stop it spreading. All the data is still unusable until a ransom is paid. Any modern computer that had its software regularly updated was safe but some nhs trusts use old Operating Systems that were particularly vulnerable and others may simply have failed to take a Security Update released in march. Today, the National Security centre had this advice. The first is to make sure your Security Software patches are up to date. The second is to employ proper good Anti Virus Software and the third and most important for Ransomware Protection is to back up your data because you cannot be held to ransom if you have a back up. It has been a reminder of how vulnerable organisations are to attack by organised criminals seeking to raise money or by hostile states and terrorist groups trying to cause maximum disruption. There are thousands of vulnerabilities. For example, if we were to look at a company of 50,000 computers, we might find hundreds of thousands of vulnerabilities on those machines. It is also reminder that computers are not a one off investment. They need to be kept up to date. Well, here in the uk, hospitals and doctors surgeries were disrupted as a result of the hack. Well, as we heard briefly in daniels report, the Global Cyber Attack was halted, almost by accident, after a 22 year old in the uk checked the code and found a reference to an unregistered website name. The researcher who goes by the pseudonym malwaretech then paid ten dollars to register the domain which caused much of the malicious programming to stop. He then reached out to the Cyber Security expert darien huss to confirm that he had indeed found a way to stop it. Mr hussjoined us earlier to tell us what happened. My my colleague first pointed me to this malicious cyber attack and i started researching the incident and immediately discovered there was the Domain Hard Coded in the militias sample and the code is so simplistic that i realised that there is a Kill Switch Functionality in the malware and soi switch functionality in the malware and so i proceeded to tweet about it and so i proceeded to tweet about it and started conversing with other Security Researchers and that is when malware tech reached out to me to confirm that by sequencing that domain that was hard coded in the malware, they were stopping infections. He has been called an accidental hero, hasnt he . He stopped the spread that those computers that were already infected, it was too late for them . Yes, that is correct. Unfortunately, many of the computers that were already infected by sequencing the domain that actually doesnt help those computers and many of those computers had all of their files encrypted so really the only way to recover from an attack like that is to either pay the ransom or to restore from a back up that was previously made of those computers. Well, here in the uk, hospitals and doctors surgeries were disrupted as a result of the hack. The bbcs health editor, hugh pym looks into how the cyber attack affected britains huge state run health sector. The news shocked staff and patients alike. The cyber attack shut down key systems. Ron grimshaw wont forget it in a hurry. He was in the middle of having an mri scan but it was abruptly halted and he will have to go back. I was stunned, obviously stunned, and the nurse said this is the first time this has happened. I was thinking, why me . There we are. Health secretaryjeremy hunt was at a meeting of the Emergency Cobra Committee along with the home secretary, who denied there were weaknesses in nhs systems. I dont believe it is to do with being prepared. There is always more we can all do to make sure we are secure against viruses but i think there had already been good preparations in place by the nhs to make sure that they were ready for this sort of attack. In england, hospital and Ambulance Services have been affected at 48 nhs trusts along with gp practices. In scotland, 11 out of 14 Health Boards have felt the impact, including Health Boards and gp surgeries. The Scottish Ambulance service was also affected. 2,000 pcs have been taken out of commission. Each one will need reimaging. That takes time. It will take a few days but we will be working round the clock to do that as fast as we can. All but five of the english trusts have restored their networks. There could be more cancellations of Routine Surgery and appointments next week. Well, so serious was the attack that Finance Ministers meeting at the G7 Summit Have called on banks around the world to test their systems and ensure theyre protected. You can find much more on this story on our website, including how you can check if your computer is vulnerable and what you can do to protect yourself. President donald trump says he could announce a replacement forfired fbi Directorjames Comey by late next week. He told reporters on Board Air Force one he could name someone as early as friday. So, who might that be in the frame . Lucy grey has been looking at the possible nominations. The sacking of the director of the fbi sent shock waves through washington. President Trump Accused James Kobe of being a showboat and grandstand. Trump says the decision could be made quickly. People love every well known, the highest level, we can make a decision. Us media reports that around 11 people in all are being considered for the role but four people are expected to meet the attorney Generaljeff Sessions and his deputy. They include acting fbi director andrew mccabe, he has worked in the fbi for over 20 years, Running The Washington yield of before coming deputy director. He defended his former boss and cast out white house claims that mr comey had lost the confidence of his staff. I hold mr comey in the highest regard, i have the highest respect for his considerable abilities and his integrity and it has been the greatest privilege and honour of my professional life to work with him. Also reported to be in the frame is republican senator john corning, he is now the senate john corning, he is now the senate jo riches whip. Alex fisher, Defence Lawyer who previously read let the just this lawyer who previously read let thejust this Department Lawyer who previously read let the just this department criminal division. Also, michael 25 5 the just this department criminal division. Alsi new hael 25 5 of 553m he on appeal. He has worked on high profile terrorism and 325 chairman of investigations and was chairman of an investigation on at are and afidmtcabm all represent different types they all represent different types of candidates. John corning is loyal to trump, and we know he prizes loyalty. Mccabe is the incumbent. He was perfectly willing to consider the white house this week. Was perfectly willing to consider the wh efficuse this weeeiii e. , was perfectly willing to consider the wh efficuse this | and we . . . Was perfectly willing to consider the wh efficuse this | and current; £35515 fe fifie; 533 euffife agents really like him agents. Agents really like him because he used to be an fbi agent himself. They are probably the front runners. John corning, tell us about him and what the reaction would be if he were to get the job . Well, i think that pig would be viewed sceptically by democrats and others because he is so loyal to trump. There is this Ongoing Investigation of russian tampering in the election last fall and whether there was any collusion with the trump campaign. So, putting john corning in that
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