It is seven in singapore and midnight in london and a huge cyber attack is continuing to spread Around The World. It is freezing Computer Systems and demanding that a ransom is paid. It began in ukraine and has a ready hit Global Companies including wpp, the british advertising agency, and merck, the american pharmaceutical company. The first signs came in ukraine. Systems went down this morning. Some people tried to take money out of bank machines, found they couldnt. Even the radiation Monitoring System at the Chernobyl Nuclear plant was briefly taken offline. The scale was enormous. We had the virus spread, cyber virus on the transport, bank, media, infrastructure of ukraine, in government and in the co operative sectors as well. But during the day, it became clear that the problem was not contained in ukraine but was spreading. Reports came in of companies affected from russia across europe to the uk and also the us. Those affected included oil producers, shipping and pharmaceutica
Welcome to bbc news. A large scale cyber attack that started in ukraine is continuing to spread across the world tonight. The virus freezes computers and demands that a ransom is paid. A danish shipping firm, a russian oil giant, an American Pharmaceutical Company and a british Advertising Agency are among the companies that have been hit. The cyber attack seems to be similar to the one that struck the nhs last month. Our security correspondent, gordon corera, has been monitoring. A cyber attack is sweeping across the globe taking systems off line. Another reminder of the risks we face. The first signs came in ukraine. Systems went down this morning. Some people tried to take money out of bank machines, found they couldnt. Even the radiation Monitoring System at the Chernobyl Nuclear plant was briefly taken offline. The scale was enormous. We had the virus spread, cyber virus on the transport, bank, media, infrastructure of ukraine, in government and in the co operative sectors as well
Welcome to bbc news. A large scale cyber attack that started in ukraine is continuing to spread across the world tonight. The virus freezes computers and demands that a ransom is paid. A danish shipping firm, a russian oil giant, an American Pharmaceutical Company and a british Advertising Agency are among the companies that have been hit. The cyber attack seems to be similar to the one that struck the nhs last month. Our security correspondent, gordon corera, has been monitoring. A cyber attack is sweeping across the globe taking systems off line. Another reminder of the risks we face. The first signs came in ukraine. Systems went down this morning. Some people tried to take money out of bank machines, found they couldnt. Even the radiation Monitoring System at the Chernobyl Nuclear plant was briefly taken offline. The scale was enormous. We had the virus spread, cyber virus on the transport, bank, media, infrastructure of ukraine, in government and in the co operative sectors as well
Welcome to bbc news. A large scale cyber attack that started in ukraine is continuing to spread across the world tonight. The virus freezes computers and demands that a ransom is paid. A danish shipping firm, a russian oil giant, an American Pharmaceutical Company and a british Advertising Agency are among the companies that have been hit. The cyber attack seems to be similar to the one that struck the nhs last month. Our security correspondent, gordon corera, has been monitoring. A cyber attack is sweeping across the globe taking systems off line. Another reminder of the risks we face. The first signs came in ukraine. Systems went down this morning. Some people tried to take money out of bank machines, found they couldnt. Even the radiation Monitoring System at the Chernobyl Nuclear plant was briefly taken offline. The scale was enormous. We had the virus spread, cyber virus on the transport, bank, media, infrastructure of ukraine, in government and in the co operative sectors as well
Welcome to bbc news. A large scale cyber attack that started in ukraine is continuing to spread across the world tonight. The virus freezes computers and demands that a ransom is paid. A danish shipping firm, a russian oil giant, an American Pharmaceutical Company and a british Advertising Agency are among the companies that have been hit. The cyber attack seems to be similar to the one that struck the nhs last month. Our security correspondent, gordon corera, has been monitoring. A cyber attack is sweeping across the globe taking systems off line. Another reminder of the risks we face. The first signs came in ukraine. Systems went down this morning. Some people tried to take money out of bank machines, found they couldnt. Even the radiation Monitoring System at the Chernobyl Nuclear plant was briefly taken offline. The scale was enormous. We had the virus spread, cyber virus on the transport, bank, media, infrastructure of ukraine, in government and in the co operative sectors as well